However, the IIT Kharagpur appointment was kept in abeyance. Official sources said the selection panel did not reach a consensus on any candidate and no name was sent to the President. Telegraph file pictureThe Centre has quashed the appointment process for the post of director in IIT Kharagpur more than eight months after it was started, and issued a fresh advertisement. The human resource development ministry had advertised the post in September last year along with the posts of directors of IIT Bombay and IIT Guwahati. However, the IIT Kharagpur appointment was kept in abeyance.

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2019 01:18 UTC