Jammu, Mar 2, KDC: The Lieutenant Governor has constituted a high-level committee for recommending a panel of names for appointment to the post of Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology IUST Awantipora.
According to Order No. 04 LGS of 2026, a copy of which lies with news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC), the committee has been tasked with recommending to the Chancellor a panel of not less than four persons for appointment as Vice Chancellor by or before May 31, 2026.
The committee will be chaired by Prof Mohd Miyan, former Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad. Prof Kumud Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University Wardha, has been nominated as Member and UGC nominee.
Other members of the panel include Prof Pankaj Chandra, Vice Chancellor of Ahmedabad University Gujarat, and Prof Subeer S Majumdar, Director General of Gujarat Biotechnology University Gandhinagar.
Shafqat Iqbal, JKAS, Special Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, J and K, will provide secretarial assistance to the committee. He has also been directed to keep the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat informed about the progress in the matter.
The order was issued by Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Jammu and Kashmir. (KDC)
