IIIT-A director to continue in office till Apr 2

Prayagraj: Director of

Indian Institute of Information Technology-Allahabad

(

IIIT-A

),

Prof P Nagabhushan

would continue his office till April 2. Last month the director had resigned from his post siting reason that since he has been selected as new VC of Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be University), he may be relieved from his post. “A letter has been received by the chairman of the board of governors (BOG) of IIIT-A informing that I should continue to serve as the director of the institute till April 2 and after that I can be relieved any time. Following the letter, I will now continue on the post till that time,” said

Prof Nagabhushan

.Prof Nagabhushan had taken over as the third regular director of IIIT-A on May 19, 2017 for a period of five years. His term is set to end on May 19, 2022. However in January he had tendered his resignation from the post to union ministry for education asking that he may be relieved from the post by February 18, 2022. Prof Nagabhushan’s resignation followed his being chosen as the new vice-chancellor of Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (deemed university), near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.Following the letter from the President, it is now expected that the new regular director of IIIT-A would get appointed by April as already the advertisement for the post has been issued by the Centre and even screening of applicants completed.