Those who have been appointed as Acting VC by Kovind are Prof Sudhir Kumar Srivastava (Patna University, Patna), Prof Ravindra Kumar Verma 'Ravi' (B R Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur), Prof Kusum Kumari (Magadh University, Bodhgaya), Prof Raj Kishore Jha (Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga).
Similarly, Prof Kshemendra Kumar Singh (Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur), Prof Vidyadhar Mishra (Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Darbhanga), Prof Ramesh Chandra Singh (Maulana Mazahrul Haque Arabic and Persian University, Patna) and Prof Shivakant Jha (Nalanda Open University, Patna).
Governor Kovind made these temporary arrangements following the end of tenure of the respective VCs, a Raj Bhavan release said.
The selection process for filling up the posts for permanent VCs in these universities was currently on through respective 'search committees' set up in every university.
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