Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has issued an ultimatum to eight State universities to nominate representatives to search-cum-selection committees meant to appoint new Vice-Chancellors within a month.
The tersely-worded letters issued by Raj Bhavan also caution the universities against non-compliance that will result in the former proceeding with the selection process on its own in accordance with a Supreme Court judgment that quashed the reappointment of former Kannur University Vice-Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran, sources say.
The directive has been issued to Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi, and Kannur universities, Cochin University of Science and Technology, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU), Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, and Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
