<p>After weeks of delay, Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy has been formally declared as the vice-chancellor of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU).</p>.<p>Although a photograph of Krishnaswamy signing documents formalising his appointment was leaked on Wednesday evening, there were conflicting reports that the appointment was not yet official because a circular on the matter had not been sent out, as is a common practice.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, Professor Krishnaswamy clarified that he took charge as the vice-chancellor at 5 pm on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“I am pleased to take over the position, and I look forward to having a fruitful tenure as vice-chancellor. I am glad to have started, and now we are getting down to work,” he said.</p>.<p>The delay of over 50 days in Krishnaswamy’s appointment, resulted in a protest by students demanding that the selection of Krishnaswamy, an alumnus of NLSIU and Oxford, be formalised.</p>.<p>Angered by what they termed as the obfuscation of the appointment process by some members of the university’s administration, students went on a three-day strike from last Saturday, which saw them skip term-end exams.</p>.<p>Although all that was pending was a formal decision on Krishnaswamy’s appointment by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who is also the Chancellor of the university, senior student leaders explained a delay in the formalisation of his appointment happened at the last moment.</p>.<p>They allege that the registrar of the university was sending incomplete documents to the Chief Justice, leading the delays, in addition to introducing a clause asking for confirmation of receipt of the appointment letter from members of the Executive Council (EC), which had decided on Krishnaswamy’s appointment as VC.</p>.<p>“This was not part of the procedure,” a senior student said.</p>.<p>The protests ended on Monday evening after Gogoi and Justice Sharad Bobde made a statement to a representative sent by students to Delhi, offering clarity on the situation.</p>.<p>Professor Krishnaswamy graduated in BA LLB from NLSIU in 1998. He has been a teaching fellow in Law at the Pembroke College at Oxford University, an assistant professor at NLSIU, and a professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He was also on the faculty of the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru.</p>
<p>After weeks of delay, Professor Sudhir Krishnaswamy has been formally declared as the vice-chancellor of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU).</p>.<p>Although a photograph of Krishnaswamy signing documents formalising his appointment was leaked on Wednesday evening, there were conflicting reports that the appointment was not yet official because a circular on the matter had not been sent out, as is a common practice.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, Professor Krishnaswamy clarified that he took charge as the vice-chancellor at 5 pm on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“I am pleased to take over the position, and I look forward to having a fruitful tenure as vice-chancellor. I am glad to have started, and now we are getting down to work,” he said.</p>.<p>The delay of over 50 days in Krishnaswamy’s appointment, resulted in a protest by students demanding that the selection of Krishnaswamy, an alumnus of NLSIU and Oxford, be formalised.</p>.<p>Angered by what they termed as the obfuscation of the appointment process by some members of the university’s administration, students went on a three-day strike from last Saturday, which saw them skip term-end exams.</p>.<p>Although all that was pending was a formal decision on Krishnaswamy’s appointment by the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who is also the Chancellor of the university, senior student leaders explained a delay in the formalisation of his appointment happened at the last moment.</p>.<p>They allege that the registrar of the university was sending incomplete documents to the Chief Justice, leading the delays, in addition to introducing a clause asking for confirmation of receipt of the appointment letter from members of the Executive Council (EC), which had decided on Krishnaswamy’s appointment as VC.</p>.<p>“This was not part of the procedure,” a senior student said.</p>.<p>The protests ended on Monday evening after Gogoi and Justice Sharad Bobde made a statement to a representative sent by students to Delhi, offering clarity on the situation.</p>.<p>Professor Krishnaswamy graduated in BA LLB from NLSIU in 1998. He has been a teaching fellow in Law at the Pembroke College at Oxford University, an assistant professor at NLSIU, and a professor at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He was also on the faculty of the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru.</p>
