Ending a long impasse over appointments in higher education, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Wednesday approved the appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) for six state universities. The decision follows the Supreme Court’s October 6 ruling allowing the state government and Raj Bhavan to move forward with the appointments after reaching a consensus on the names.

A senior Raj Bhavan official confirmed that Prof Abu Taleb Khan has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Biswa Bangla Biswavidyalaya, while Prof Chandradipa Ghosh will take charge at Sadhu Ramchand Murmu University, Jhargram. The higher education department also issued formal orders for the appointments of full-term vice-chancellors at Calcutta University (CU) and Jadavpur University (JU).

Ashutosh Ghosh, who previousl

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