The Modi government has to walk the tightrope on appointments of two vice chancellors -- one for the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the other for the Delhi University.

Academicia has expressed apprehension that any appointment at this stage is all set to be a repeat of the FTII Pune appointment as Left elements will make life of the appointees miserable. FTII students went on a 139-day strike, which ended in October, over the removal of Gajendra Chouhan as chairperson of the institute and cancelling of the appointments of four members to the FTII society. The goverment has refused to pay heed to their demands.

Four names are being considered for Delhi VC -- Bidyut Chakaborty, Yogesh Tyagi, Hemchand Gupta and RNK Bamezai

By mid January, the government has to arrive at a decision.