NAGPUR: The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has taken action against Prof Arun Humne, former head of the preventive and social medicine or community medicine department at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). He was found guilty of harassing a post graduate student (Dr Dadasaheb Dhage) in an independent enquiry conducted by the university.
Humne has been barred from being appointed on any examination related administrative or academic body or any other work related to these fields. The university has also prohibited him from taking any post graduate degree or diploma students for next three years (2015-16 to 2017-18). This has been communicated to dean GMCH Dr A Niswade through a letter from MUHS registrar Kashinath D Garkal.
The letter dated June 12, but received by the college on Tuesday, says that since an inquiry was on against Dr Humne at both college and state government level for breach of discipline, the university is taking such action to set an example so that no teacher ever dares to harass his/her students.
Dr Dhage had complained to the university on February 25, 2015. The university had constituted a committee which conducted the investigations. Dr Humne was called to present his side on May 29 in MUHS office. After the submission of the report to the MUHS vice chancellor, the decision to punish Humne was communicated to the GMCH dean.
Dr Humne has been found guilty of same charge of harassing PG students earlier too. At that time, he had been indicted by college inquiry committee consisting of chairman committee and head of pulmonary medicine Prof SV Ghorpade, head of skin department Prof RP Singh and second professor of gynaecology Prof Deshmukh. Dr Humne was removed from the post of professor and head after the committee's report.
The university committee was headed by dean of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGGMC) Dr Prakash Wakode, and included dean of Government Dental College (GDC) and Dr S Gangne, professor and head of pathology at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical College (MGIMS), Sewagram.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) central wing had proposed a state wide stir against Dr Humne. But the association took back the strike following an assurance from medical education minister Vinod Tawde last Friday.
The chief minister is also learnt to have okayed Humne's transfer to Akola. The order is likely to reach the directorate of medical education and research (DMER) on Thursday. GMCH may get it tomorrow or day after.
Humne has been barred from being appointed on any examination related administrative or academic body or any other work related to these fields. The university has also prohibited him from taking any post graduate degree or diploma students for next three years (2015-16 to 2017-18). This has been communicated to dean GMCH Dr A Niswade through a letter from MUHS registrar Kashinath D Garkal.
The letter dated June 12, but received by the college on Tuesday, says that since an inquiry was on against Dr Humne at both college and state government level for breach of discipline, the university is taking such action to set an example so that no teacher ever dares to harass his/her students.
Dr Dhage had complained to the university on February 25, 2015. The university had constituted a committee which conducted the investigations. Dr Humne was called to present his side on May 29 in MUHS office. After the submission of the report to the MUHS vice chancellor, the decision to punish Humne was communicated to the GMCH dean.
Dr Humne has been found guilty of same charge of harassing PG students earlier too. At that time, he had been indicted by college inquiry committee consisting of chairman committee and head of pulmonary medicine Prof SV Ghorpade, head of skin department Prof RP Singh and second professor of gynaecology Prof Deshmukh. Dr Humne was removed from the post of professor and head after the committee's report.
The university committee was headed by dean of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGGMC) Dr Prakash Wakode, and included dean of Government Dental College (GDC) and Dr S Gangne, professor and head of pathology at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical College (MGIMS), Sewagram.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) central wing had proposed a state wide stir against Dr Humne. But the association took back the strike following an assurance from medical education minister Vinod Tawde last Friday.
The chief minister is also learnt to have okayed Humne's transfer to Akola. The order is likely to reach the directorate of medical education and research (DMER) on Thursday. GMCH may get it tomorrow or day after.
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