Governors acting as ex-officio Chancellors is a British vestige and this episode deliberates on the practical or impractical reasons (you be the judge!) of this vestige and the recent developments of relations between the tussle between state governments and Governors/Chancellors.

Note: I forgot to mention that Chief Justices are the Chancellors of National Law Universities and this I believe lends more credibility to the institution for a university under the control of the highest judicial officer of the state is expected to maintain lofty standards and compromises nowhere on the curriculum.