Elections to begin for MU's Senate, BoS

After a long delay, the University of Mumbai has finally kick-started the process for the formation of two of the important governing bodies — Senate and the Board of Studies (BoS). The varsity would conduct elections to these bodies in two phases.

In the first phase, elections for the Principals, Management Council Representatives, university teachers and department heads from colleges to the Senate would take place. In the second phase, elections of teachers and graduates would take place.

The official notification regarding the elections would be uploaded to the varsity's official website on December 2. "Elections for the Senate and the Board of studies are for the first time, taking place under the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. We are hoping to make the whole election process smooth and can hope to get these bodies in working soon" said Dr Devanand Shinde, acting Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai.

In the backdrop of the delay, the state government also revised the deadline for completing the election process from November 30, 2017 to February 28, 2017.

Sanjay Vairal, ex-Senate member of the university said, "Without the bodies, all key decisions at the university have been pending."