Abhijit Chakraborty appointed full time VC of Jadavpur University

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University's temporary Vice-Chancellor Abhijit Chakraborty, who recently faced student unrest in JU demanding his resignation, has been appointed as full-time VC, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said today.

"The order to this effect has been issued by the education department after the Governor and Chancellor of the university KN Tripathi gave clearance for the same. Now he (Chakraborty) will function as a full time VC," Chatterjee said.

Chakraborty was appointed as interim VC of the prestigious university last year and his term was to end on October 28 this year, he said.

Thousands of students had last month marched through the streets of the city demanding the VC's resignation and an impartial probe into the alleged police lathicharge on the students of the university.