The Jadavpur University statutes say the chancellor will have to “confirm” any decision on the choice of DLitt and DSc recipients. The committee’s choice is presented before the executive council. The executive council on September 30 had recommended poet Sankha Ghosh and former foreign secretary Salman Haider for DLitt and scientist C.N.R. Former JU vice-chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti, however, did not see anything unusual in Dhankhar’s conduct. Governor M. K. Narayanan had in 2012 presided over a meeting of the senate, the highest body of Calcutta University and council meeting of Presidency University, then its apex body.

Source: The Telegraph October 17, 2019 22:52 UTC