PM directs newly-appointed VCs to focus on production of competitive human resources

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that the Vice Chancellor of the universities have been appointed based on merit.Prime Minister Dahal said during a meeting with the recently appointed Vice Chancellors of the Purbanchal, the Mid-West and the Far Western universities at Singh Darbar today that he has made the process of appointing vice chancellors transparent and competitive.

The newly appointed Chancellor of the Purbanchal University, Prof Dr Biju Kumar Thapaliya, the newly appointed Chancellor of the Mid-West University, Prof Dr Dhruva Kumar Gautam and the newly appointed Chancellor of the Far Western University, Prof Dr Hemraj Pant met the Prime Minister and Chancellor Dahal today after receiving their appointment letter.

On that occasion, Prime Minister Dahal directed the Vice Chancellors to operate the universities in a competitive and transparent manner.
“Sharing of posts among the parties has been ended and the competition has been started in the appointment of the vice-chancellor of the university,” Prime Minister Dahal said, adding, “The appointment of the vice-chancellors here has also been done accordingly, please fulfill your responsibilities in a fair manner.”

Prime Minister Dahal directed the vice chancellors to focus on producing manpower to compete in the global market by providing quality education from universities.

‘Resunga has high tourism potential’

Meanwhile, addressing to a programme ‘Let Us Go to Resunga’ here today, PM Dahal said Resunga is an area carrying high potentials for spiritual and nature tourism. He said Resunga has historical, spiritual, Puranic, cultural and tourism heritages.

“This is a religious pilgrimage site – a tranquil, scenic, holy place of spiritualism because of the presence of religious shrines and sites here,” he said.

Emphasizing that all three levels of government should be more active in the development of the tourism sector, Prime Minister Dahal said that the tourism sector can be developed and expanded in cooperation with the non-governmental and community sectors.

He assured of necessary support from the federal government for the overall development of Resunga area.