Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Staff
(Teachers) Association has decided to propose the name of
Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the post of Chancellor for
the University.
This was stated here today by the Seretary of the AMU
Staff Association Jamshed Siddiqui at a function of the
Association in honour of Azad.
Siddiqui said Azad could play a key role to help the
institution to achieve greater heights in the field of higher
education.
The Association`s stand came ahead of the annual general
meeting of the AMU court, the university`s highest governing
body, here on Sunday.
Under the AMU constitution, the AMU court elects by
a simple majority the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor and Honorary
Treasurer.
The decision of the teachers body to propose the name
of Azad is understood to have the support of the dissident
group in the AMU court.
Senior University officials had earlier claimed that
former Chief Justice of India A M Ahmadi, who is also the
incumbent Chancellor, would be unanimously elected as the
university`s Chancellor.
Azad`s sudden visit to the AMU has, however, given a
new twist to the race for the top post.
PTI
