SUK stakeholders question report on convocation fiasco

  • | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

However, the committee has recommended action against the convocation department. How can the department initiate action on its own unless there’s approval from the top authority? The other party will also be given chance to put forth their opinions/objections on it. It is part of the overall investigation.”When asked about making the report available to the stakeholders, Shirke said, “Since, one of the clauses of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 2016 says that ongoing investigations cannot be made public, there will not be any haste in doing so,” he said. Kolhapur: Various stakeholders have questioned the Shivaji University, Kolhapur’s (SUK) report on its 54th convocation fiasco, which was approved by the management council recently.The report has pinned the blame on the convocation department for the reprinting over 20,000 degree certificates and has recommended recovering the losses of Rs 10 lakh from it.Subhash Jadhav, member of the Shivaji University Teachers Association (SUTA) said they have asked for a copy of the report under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.“Generally, important decisions like printing of degree certificates are taken by the top authorities.

Kolhapur: Various stakeholders have questioned the Shivaji University, Kolhapur’s (SUK) report on its 54th convocation fiasco, which was approved by the management council recently.The report has pinned the blame on the convocation department for the reprinting over 20,000 degree certificates and has recommended recovering the losses of Rs 10 lakh from it.Subhash Jadhav, member of the Shivaji University Teachers Association (SUTA) said they have asked for a copy of the report under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.“Generally, important decisions like printing of degree certificates are taken by the top authorities. However, the committee has recommended action against the convocation department. How can the department initiate action on its own unless there’s approval from the top authority? We will analyse the report and then comment on the same,” he said.Sadhana Vairale, joint secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad also said that they have asked for a copy of the report.“Justice needs to be done and the report will give us an idea on how the committee functioned,” she said.Pro VC D T Shirke said, “This is an important report. The other party will also be given chance to put forth their opinions/objections on it. It is part of the overall investigation.”When asked about making the report available to the stakeholders, Shirke said, “Since, one of the clauses of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 2016 says that ongoing investigations cannot be made public, there will not be any haste in doing so,” he said.

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