Vice-Chancellor Dr Snehalata Deshmukh’s proposal to grant a two-year extension to M S Kambli as professor-cum-director of Institute of Distance Education was not fully accepted by the Mumbai University Management Council on Thursday. Instead, MC members decided to appoint Kambli as an Officer on Special Duty at IDE for one year till a suitable candidate is selected for the post. Thursday’s meeting had mentioned the V-C’s proposal to grant an extension-in-service to Kambli as IDE’s professor-cum-director for a period of two years. However, Kambli has already crossed the age of superannuation ie 60 years, on April 5, 1998. The proposal was amended and MC members were requested to consider the proposal for allowing Kambli as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for a year from May 1. The V-C said the varsity will advertise and select a proper candidate for the post. Senate member Amarjit Singh Manhas had earlier written to Chancellor Dr P C Alexanderpointing out several instances of flouting rules in connection with Kambli’s proposed extension. Deshmukh did not wish to talk about the matter as the Management Council meetings are confidential. But sources admit that Kambli had been appointed as an OSD. Manhas said: “I am happy with the MC’s decision as it has ensured that deserving academicians have a chance to try for the director’s post whenever advertises for .”

MUMBAI, July 7: Despite concerns about the so-called “seat Crunch ‘in the category of colleges, there are still more than 2,000 free places are located in each of the three streams of science, art and Trade at the end of the first year of college degree Admissions to cinemas.

According to a recent Chart Mumbai to approval by the university, there are exactly 2855 vacant seats in the trade Stream, 2086 seats in the sciences and flows of 2890 seats in the art.

Ironically, when students are still under the impression that as far as higher education is the end of the academic path for them.

Principal Secretary of Higher Education and Technical, Navjeevan L Lakhanpal, has an explanation for this situation. “ Given that most students are trying to attendance in college, there is seen a clear lack of places. Moreover, as the entry level is not yet the centralized process, it is not immediately known, which is sitting of the 100-odd University-affiliated universities,’’said Lakhanpal.

“ During the past year also had a similar situation applied: about 4000 students had for the apportionment of seats according cinema attendance has been completed, and most of the candidates were well housed. We had a few new divisions in higher education institutions in order de”Lakhanpal added.

This year, the first merit list has been reported in all schools, on June 17, while the number of visitors was done by the various higher education institutions from June 23. As a result of the latter, University of Mumbai universities invited to submit their reports for admission, so that all students are housed.

A member of the Senate of the University, Amarjit Singh Manhas, was one of 20 people, while the degree steal attendance at cinemas, said: “ The university has done its best for places to ‘admission of students for the opening of a cell until 4. July. However, I think that if the entire system was amended by the centralization of the initial confusion was unsuccessful.”Still, the students complain, there are few places in the “ gute”Hochschulen . “ There are 45 vacancies in Maharashtra College of Commerce Byculla and 111 seats in Malad College Mittal, but nobody wants to go there,’’said some students.

Instead, they are always in the hope of a better institutions such as RA Poddar College in Matunga, has three empty seats in the trade, DG Ruparel College, where there are 10 seats and Sydenham College of Economics and Commerce, which has 17 seats. According to some reports, the most serious, the demand for places in trade.