KERALA GOVT REMOVES GUV AS CHANCELLOR OF DEEMED VARSITY
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government on Thursday removed governor Arif Mohammad Khan from the post of the chancellor of the Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university by amending rules of the educational institution.
A notification by the state’s department of culture said the government has amended the executive order issued in 2015 to make the governor the chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam, a deemed-to-be university dedicated to performing arts in Thrissur district.
The move comes amid an ongoing tussle between the Raj Bhavan and the LDF government and a day after the state’s cabinet decided to promulgate an ordinance to divest the governor from the chancellor’s post of the 13 state universities. To be sure, governor’s assent is not required in the case of Kerala Kalamandalam as it is a deemed-to-be university and does not come under the ambit of the UGC. “Now, the chancellor shall be an eminent person in the field of art and culture appointed by the sponsoring body,” the notification said.