India, April 19 -- The state government has appointed professor Nitin Karmalkar, former vice-chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), to lead the nine-member committee to give recommendations related to amendment to the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. The committee has been given a deadline of 3 months to submit report.

A government resolution to this effect was recently issued by the higher and technical education department. The panel includes DT Shirke (vice-chancellor, Shivaji University), Ujwala Chakradev (vice-chancellor, SNDT Women's University), Rajneesh Kamat (vice-chancellor, Homi Bhabha State University), RS Mali (former vice-chancellor), Parveen Sayyed (senior legal officer, SPPU), Dilip Bharad (regis...