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English professor Shrawan Kumar Sharma was shifted to a less important position.Meanwhile, sources said that Maheshwari is due to retire in two-and-a-half-months and a number of senior professors are aspiring to get an opportunity to officiate as vice-chancellor as the case of outgoing V-C is sub judice and may take long to decide. HARIDWAR: Changes made in the key positions of the Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, by the outgoing vice-chancellor Surendra Kumar after his last working day (on July 9) have raised many eyebrows in the varsity.Kumar before handing over charge to D K Maheshwari on July 12 went through the exercise of reshuffling almost all important administrative officers, including dean academics, registrar and chief security officer, a move which has been opposed by the faculty and staff.“This is against the accepted university practice and is highly objectionable,” a professor said.D C Bhatt, professor in Zoology, was appointed registrar as registrar V K Sharma demitted office along with the V-C.
Dean, academic affairs, was given to D S Malik (professor in Zoology) after taking it back from Psychology professor S K Srivastava..