Applications are being accepted for the position of vice chancellor at Gujarat University, with the deadline for submissions being June 19. The University Grants Commission has appointed Ramshankar Kuril, the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Chhattisgarh, as its representative in the search committee. The state education department has issued an order making it mandatory for universities to include a UGC member on their VC search committees. Local candidates may be favored for the role due to the controversy that caused two previous out-of-state VCs to resign.