"The order to this effect has been issued by the education department after the Governor and Chancellor of the university K N Tripathi gave clearance for the same. Now he (Chakraborty) will function as a full time VC," Chatterjee told PTI.
Chakraborty was appointed as interim VC of the prestigious university last year and his term was to end on October 28 this year, he said.
Thousands of students had last month marched through the streets of the city demanding the VC's resignation and an impartial probe into the alleged police lathicharge on the students of the university.
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