Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, who is the ex officio chancellor of the University of Mumbai, will on Thursday announce the embattled institute’s vice chancellor after interviewing the five candidates shortlisted for the post. Each of the handpicked candidates has been interviewed one-to-one by the governor earlier. The final round of interviews on Thursday will commence at 11.30 am at Raj Bhavan and the decision is likely soon after. While the Governor’s office did not publicise the list of the shortlisted candidates, some of the names that are reportedly in the race include Suhas Pednekar, Ruia College principal; Pramod Yeole, Nagpur University pro-VC; Vilas Sapkal, Amravati University; Anil Karnik from the University of Mumbai; and Pravin Kondekar from IIT Jabalpur. The candidates who made it to the ultimate interview reportedly got selection letters late on Monday evening. Sources said Devanand Shinde, the varsity’s acting VC, was asked to make a presentation as he could be considered alongside the five others selected through applications. The post was vacated after Sanjay Deshmukh was sacked as VC following the ill-executed onscreen marking which delayed the results. MARKED OUT Sanjay Deshmukh was removed as VC last October, three years before his tenure ended, after the onscreen marking fiasco. Shivaji Univ VC Devanand Shinde has been handling the charge.

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