Kathmandu: A total of 43 applicants including 2 women and 41 men, have applied for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Tribhuvan University .

After Chancellor and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda instructed to proceed with the Vice-Chancellor selection process on the basis of open competition, the recommendation committee led by Education Minister Ashok Kumar Rai, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, asked for the applications for the post.

Among the applicants who expressed their desire to become the vice-chancellor are , Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shivlal Bhusal, Vice-Chancellor of Midwest University Prof. Dr. Nanda Bahadur Singh, former Vice-Chancellor of TU Prof. Dr. Tirtharaj Khanian, former vice-chancellor of Open University Prof. Dr. Lekhnath Sharma, former vice-chancellor of Pokhara University Prof. Dr. Kesharjung Baral,former vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Kusum Shakya, the former registrar of TU Prof.Dr. Chandramani Paudel, former rector of TU Gunanidhi Neupane, Acting Vice-Chancellor of Open University, Prof. Dr. Indra Karki, former head of the History Department of the University Prof. Dr. Rajkumar Pokhrel.

Likewise Prof. Dr. Tankanath Dhamala, Prof. Dr. Anandaballabh Joshi, Prof.Dr. Akkaljev Mishra, Prof. Dr. Ridish Kumar Pokharel, Prof. Dr. Gyanendra Prasad Paudel, Prof. Dr. Mahendra Chalise, Prof.Dr. Bhojraj Aryal, Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Belbase, Prof. Dr. Hemraj Sharma, Prof. Dr. Vedanath Sharma, Prof. Dr. Prakash Ghimire (Kathmandu), Prof. Dr. Prakash Ghimire (Gorkha) ,Prof. Dr. Kedarnath Ghimire, Prof. Dr. Mahendra Prasad Sharma, Prof. Dr. Vinod Parajuli, Prof. Dr. Dev Bahadur Khadka, Prof. Dr. Krishnaraj Tiwari, Prof. Dr. Govinda Subedi, Prof.Dr. Navraj Devkota, Prof. Dr. Ram Prasad Regmi, Prof. Dr. Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki, Prof. Dr. Triratna Bajracharya, Prof. Dr. Ekraj Ojha and Prof.Dr. Pramod Kumar Jha has also submitted an application.

Similarly, Dr. Ramchandra Basnet, Dr. Vinay Kumar Jha, Dr. Narayan Shubh Pathak, Narayan Prasad Pathak, Sangeeta Rayamazhi, Sanjay Acharya, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Bhimsen Devkota and Balamukunda Regmi have also applied for the post of Vice Chancellor of the University.

After evaluating the presentation and interviewing the applicants, the recommendation committee led by the Minister of Education will submit the names of the three applicants who get the best marks to the Chancellor and the Prime Minister. Among those three candidate, one person will be appointed by the Chancellor as the Vice-Chancellor.