This book covers all areas and
issues that are important for the
management of universities. It gives
the history of the establishment of
Manipur University, its conversion to a
Central university, various difficulties
faced, and the indefinite strike
launched by the students, teachers and
staff members from 31 May 2018. It
narrates the efforts made by the Central
and the state governments to resolve
the impasse, restore normalcy and start
the academic session. As normalcy
could not be restored, the Hon’ble High
Court of Manipur, after hearing Public
Interest Litigations, appointed the
author, Jarnail Singh, as Administrator
of the university to restore normalcy
and fully empowered him to discharge
the functions of the Vice-Chancellor as
provided under the Manipur University
Act, 2005 and relevant statutes.
In the book, the author has analysed all
issues, matters, actions and non-actions
which had affected the functioning of
the university and required immediate
attention. The author mentions the
initiatives taken by him to restore
normalcy as well as the difficulties he
faced from different quarters in respect
of general administration, academics,
promotions and recruitment of faculty/
non-faculty members, holding of
Executive Council meetings, financial
management, account keeping and in
construction of buildings. As most of
the issues mentioned in the book are
relevant to all universities, this will be
useful to all those who are involved
in the management of universities.
The author recommends that if the
VC, Registrar, Finance Officer and the
University Engineer are well conversant
with all the rules and regulations, and
follow these strictly, the university
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JARNAIL SINGH joined IAS in
1974 and was allotted the erstwhile
Manipur-Tripura cadre. He is a
BSc Engineering (Hons) and MSc
Engineering (Distinction) in Electrical
Engineering from Panjab University,
and Master in Public Administration
in Public Policy and Management
from John F Kennedy School of
Government of Harvard University,
USA. Important positions held by him
include: Joint Secretary to the Prime
Minister (1996–2004), Chief Secretary,
Government of Manipur (2004–2008),
and Secretary to GOI. He also served
as Advisor to the Chief Minister of
Manipur on ‘Infrastructure and Power’
(2012–2017). In pursuance of the
orders of the Hon’ble High Court of
Manipur, he worked as Administrator
of Manipur University from October
2018 to November 2020.
He is recipient of the ‘Prime Minister’s
Award for Excellence in Public
Administration for the Year 2007-08’,
and has written two books My Tryst
With Manipur and With Four Prime
Ministers: My PMO Journey (both
published by Konark Publishers).
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