Vacancies to be filled at Kolkata's Presidency University
Kolkata: All vacancies at the prestigious Presidency University - which has been accused of falling standards - will be filled up in the next three months, says West Bengal's new Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu. Basu told mediapersons that a mentor group for the varsity would be set up on the lines of the newly revived Nalanda International University in Bihar and this would be finalized by next Monday. "We will form a mentor group on the lines of Nalanda university. I have to speak to the chief minister (Mamata Banerjee) on this. The names for the mentor group will be finalized by Monday," Basu said on Wednesday. He said the government will start the process for filling up vacancies in the prestigious university from next week. "All the vacant posts will be filled up in the next three months." Last year, the former Left Front government had upgraded the 193-year-old Presidency College into a university. The institution, with around 2,500 students, still c...