30-06-2025
NOU new registrar takes charge
Patna: Professor-in-charge of L N T College, Muzaffarpur, Avay Kumar Singh, on Monday joined as the new registrar (examination) of Nalanda Open University(NOU), replacing Samir Kumar Sharma, who has been appointed registrar of BRA Bihar University.
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Singh's appointment was made by governor-cum-chancellor Arif Mohammed Khan in exercise of the powers vested under him under Section 15 of the Nalanda Open University Act, 1995 (as amended upto date).
The newly appointed registrar will be co-terminus with the recommending vice-chancellor with maximum tenure up to three years or upto the retirement age of 65 years, whichever is earlier, according to the notification issued by the chancellor's secretariat.
In addition to his duties as the registrar (examination), he will also perform the duties of registrar (administration) of the university, the notification said.
Following the approval of the new statutes relating to the terms and conditions of service of the registrars of the universities of Bihar in May this year, the registrars of BRA Bihar, Munger and Nalanda Open universities have been replaced by the new incumbents. The statutes drafted by a three-member committee consisting of the vie-chancellors of Jai Prakash Narayan, Nalanda Open and Aryabhatta Knowledge universities and passed by the Bihar State Higher Education Council and the state education department was finally approved by the chancellor.
As per the latest statutes, the vice-chancellor of the university concerned would send a panel of three names for the appointment of registrar from which one name would be approved by the chancellor.
