KUHS V-C given additional charge as V-C of Kerala University

Kerala University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal has been given additional charge of Kerala University. The decision by the Raj Bhavan to entrust Dr. Kunnummal the additional charge capped a politically-charged day that witnessed both Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan taking on each other with serious allegations and ripostes that essentially concerned the bounds of Chancellorship in the administration of universities. While choosing Dr. Kunnummal for the task, the Chancellor chose to ignore the government’s recommendation to hand over the additional charge of Kerala University Vice Chancellor to one among the Vice Chancellors of Mahatma Gandhi University and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. Official sources point out the selection also factored in the identification of universities that had Vice Chancellors who were allegedly appointed in violation of University Grants Commission norms.