Appointments to the post of vice-chancellor and other important positions in any university can be quite a daunting task for the state. Keeping in mind the flak from people that many state governments have drawn for appointing university officials without any background or experience in handling administrative and other responsibilities, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has been chosen by the central government to help in this task.

Many state governments have taken flak from people for allegedly appointing university officials without any background or experience of handling administrative and other responsibilities. There was also a petition against the appointment of University of Mumbai vice-chancellor, Rajan Welukar