NLIU Bhopal director & registrar appointments in limbo since May

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NLIU Bhopal awaits the appointment of its new director and registrar after outgoing director Prof SS Singh’s term ended on 31 May and former registrar SC Pande was transferred in May.

Singh is continuing in office until the appointment of the new director, while assistant registrar Ravi Pande is currently also registrar in-charge.

An administrative official at NLIU told Legally India that the shortlist of recommendations for the post of director was sent to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh (MP) by the director search committee in May.

The official said that the MP high court deputes an officer of the higher judicial services as the registrar of the law school, and Pande was transferred to a different high court in May.

Pande said that the law school currently has 17 full-time faculty and has not advertised for further faculty positions yet.

Changes at the top

NLU Jodhpur on Tuesday finalised former Delhi University Law Faculty head Poonam Saxena’s name for its new vice chancellor (VC) with Justice NN Mathur’s term coming to an end, as reported by Legally India. In May Delhi University law faculty head and Dean Gurdip Singh was appointed to replace Prof Balraj Chauhan as the VC of RMLNLU Lucknow.

March saw the appointment of former NLSIU Bangalore registrar V Nagaraj as the VC of NLUO Cuttack two months after the post at the law school went empty, with no officiating VC after Dr Chandra Krishnamurthy resigned from the post barely eight months after joining.

GNLU Gandhinagar director Dr Bimal Patel’s term is slated to end in November 2013. The GNLU Executive Council (EC) has already proposed Patel’s reappointment, however the renewal is subject to consideration of the heavily critical first school review commission report that was submitted to the law school by Prof Madhava Menon and two other commission members.

Comments

Admirer 5 Jul 2013, 14:09
+2 -16
Prof. S.S. Singh is a good administrator; he may be allowed to continue. However, if he is not interested then a reputed law teacher but belonging to M.P. should be appointed immediately.
Guest 5 Jul 2013, 19:30
+5 -2
wooho gr8 admirer...tell us where you want him from? satna datia indore gwalior bhopal or any other place ??Or did you mean a Member of Parliament(M.P) huh?
Admirer 5 Jul 2013, 14:15
+2 -6
Prof SS Singh, a good administrator, should continue. If he is not interested then a good law teacher who knows Bhopal/ M.P. closely may be appointed as V.C. of NLIU.
Bigod 5 Jul 2013, 20:37
+7 -12
[quote name="Admirer"]Prof. S.S. Singh is a good administrator; he may be allowed to continue. However, if he is not interested then a reputed law teacher but belonging to M.P. should be appointed immediately.[/quote]
[quote name="Admirer"]Prof SS Singh, a good administrator, should continue. If he is not interested then a good law teacher who knows Bhopal/ M.P. closely may be appointed as V.C. of NLIU.[/quote]

For what joy? Does the VC's job description include giving an organised tour of MP or Bhopal ??? Or is the syllabi focused on state amendments / state legislation only.

These comments show exactly why NLIU remains NLIU. An overdose of bhopalis. MP is a state that produces more brawn than brain and a short sighted state quota has already killed off the intake. By focussing on "MP / Bhopal" origin VCs, the situation will only get worse.
bIGOT 7 Jul 2013, 03:27
+9 -1
Abe dont pull bhopalis/ MP into this.... the problem is hardly with the intake.... bhopalis have done as good/ bad as any of the others.... the problem remains the faculty and the mindset....
ABC 7 Jul 2013, 05:37
+7 -0
I wonder what prompted Legallyindia to write this article!!! Anybody who is even remotely aware of the administration aspects would be aware that it is very common to have few months of interim/ acting directors or registrars, as the search committee recommendations have to be approved by the Chancellor. Since it was vacation time in the High Court, it is but natural that decision would be taken after the HIgh Court reopens. Now expecting the designated Judge (also chancellor) to take the decision on the first day of opening of the court is rather foolish as they are too loaded with more important issues than people generally are aware of. The hoopla created is absolutely a non-issue as there are people who are discharging functions of Director and Registrar.
@ ABC 8 Jul 2013, 06:02
+0 -0
There was a demnd from some readers, including ones purportedly from Bhopal, who wanted coverage of the "situation" at NLIU. Even otherwise, this is a story that people would be interested in.

We must not question the bona fides of every story!
Ganjiwale 7 Jul 2013, 16:55
+4 -7
East or west Bhopalis are the best...VC shud be Bhopali and even law firm partners in big firms like khaitan should be bhopali.
@ Ganjiwale 8 Jul 2013, 06:00
+2 -2
East or West, anyone who judges people by their origin is an ignorant and narrow-minded threat to the development of the society. People posting comments about the "MP quota" are expressing their dissatisfaction with the reservation, which is a different matter. Reservation compromises merit and quality and NLIU Bhopal has suffered for that. Hence, the need to avoid selection of VC based on his state of domicile or origin.

The fact that you used Khaitan as an example of big firms is amusing. Shows a lot about you and your cognitive process!
Guest 10 Jul 2013, 19:16
+0 -0
Akal hai ki nahi?? keep ur pancy attitude to urself
what crap!! 12 Jul 2013, 19:52
+0 -0
ganjiwale.. wyour yourself from Bhopal and studied at Nalsar,... but M.P. crowd in NLIU is utter crap!!
@ Kian / Prachi 8 Jul 2013, 06:09
+1 -3
Another comment on the language -

"An administrative official at NLIU told Legally India that the shortlist of recommendations for the post of director was sent to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh (MP) by the director search committee in May."

It is either "Director, Search Committee" or "director of the search committee". You guys simply cannot continue to ignore the need for proper language and grammar, which you seem to be ignoring without a care in the world. Sure, you'll remain popular as a tabloid and continue to generate revenue based on decent readership, but you will never be recognized as a respectable news portal if you don't mend your ways. Maybe that's your business model. But make no mistake, this kind of language is viewed as "shocking", "unacceptable" and "poor".

@ Kian - I am surprised that you don't care!
kianganz 8 Jul 2013, 06:15
+1 -0
Thanks but if anything, I think you're misreading, and it could be "directorial search committee". As such, "director search committee" is as accurate (if clumsy) as "VC search committee" is.

Both constructions are admittedly a little weird, but that's what they are called (and that's what the source called the committee).
! 8 Jul 2013, 08:49
+2 -2
[quote name="kianganz"]Thanks but if anything, I think you're misreading, and it could be "directorial search committee". As such, "director search committee" is as accurate (if clumsy) as "VC search committee" is.

Both constructions are admittedly a little weird, but that's what they are called (and that's the source called the committee).[/quote]

What's with this overdose of Grammar-Nazis on legallyindia?
@ Kian 8 Jul 2013, 13:04
+0 -0
You are right. It should be "directorial search committee". My comment at #7 was incorrect. My apologies.
Admirer 10 Jul 2013, 17:03
+1 -0
7.2 Are you joking or really tendering apologies ?
@ Admirer 11 Jul 2013, 10:13
+1 -0
Its a real apology! That's the right thing to do when we make a mistake, no?
none 11 Jul 2013, 09:49
+0 -0
Ironically, topper in every batch at NLIU is from MP
what crap!! 12 Jul 2013, 19:51
+0 -0
What crap.. Divya Sharma.. batch 2012 was not from MP.. batches before that were not from M.P. Just keep yourself happy with this..
STFU 18 Jul 2013, 13:34
+3 -0
gold medlist from last 5 batches is not from bhopal. (for your kind information gold medal is given to the overall topper)

Ms. swati singh baghel from the batch of 2013 is the first student from MP who will get gold medal this year and most probably next gold medalist will be again from MP (Mr. KD ;) )

so stop posting nonsense comments, it hardly matters whether you are from MP or from other state