Fake PhDs plague colleges in TN, 11 profs suspended
A.RaguRaman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
At least 11 professors from government arts and science colleges have been caught with fake PhD certificates and placed under suspension, prompting the directorate of collegiate education (DCE) to order verification of all certificates submitted by faculty members in government colleges.
Sources said the erring faculty members had submitted fake certificates from non-existent universities in Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Bihar.
The DCE, in an RTI reply, said that departmental action had been initiated against the professors caught with fake PhD certificates recently.
The recent bout of fake PhD certificate issue started when two assistant professors — Krishnamoorthy and Nagendiran — from the department of botany in Government Arts College in Ooty were held for producing fake PhD certificates in January this year. “One of them had produced a certificate in the name of Veer Ranveer University in Rajasthan and another faculty produced the certificate from Meghalaya — both are non-existent universities,” sources said.
Some of the professors claimed that at least 50 more fake PhD-holding faculty could still be in the rolls of government and government-aided colleges in the state.
“The DCE is lenient and is not taking strong action against the faculty members who produced fake certificates to get appointment as assistant professors. Even now, the suspended faculty members are receiving half their salary from the government,” they said.
“Now, government-aided colleges are also affected by the fake certificates issue. The punishment is not severe. Those who submit fake certificates must be immediately suspended from service,” said N Pasupathy, president, Association of University Teachers (AUT).
“Since there was no mechanism to verify PhD certificates, majority of the fake certificates were generated in the name of universities in north India. The authorities need to scrutinize the certificates during recruitment or immediately after recruitment,” he said.
Faculty associations have demanded state and central governments to introduce QR code in PhD certificates to prevent this malpractice. “Such a mechanism is necessary to prevent malpractices in PhD certificates as well,” said S Swaminathan, advisor of NET/SLET Association.
Despite several attempts by TOI, R Sarumathi, director of collegiate education, was unavailable for comment.
Sources said the erring faculty members had submitted fake certificates from non-existent universities in Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Bihar
A.RaguRaman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:
At least 11 professors from government arts and science colleges have been caught with fake PhD certificates and placed under suspension, prompting the directorate of collegiate education (DCE) to order verification of all certificates submitted by faculty members in government colleges.
Sources said the erring faculty members had submitted fake certificates from non-existent universities in Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Bihar.
The DCE, in an RTI reply, said that departmental action had been initiated against the professors caught with fake PhD certificates recently.
The recent bout of fake PhD certificate issue started when two assistant professors — Krishnamoorthy and Nagendiran — from the department of botany in Government Arts College in Ooty were held for producing fake PhD certificates in January this year. “One of them had produced a certificate in the name of Veer Ranveer University in Rajasthan and another faculty produced the certificate from Meghalaya — both are non-existent universities,” sources said.
Some of the professors claimed that at least 50 more fake PhD-holding faculty could still be in the rolls of government and government-aided colleges in the state.
“The DCE is lenient and is not taking strong action against the faculty members who produced fake certificates to get appointment as assistant professors. Even now, the suspended faculty members are receiving half their salary from the government,” they said.
“Now, government-aided colleges are also affected by the fake certificates issue. The punishment is not severe. Those who submit fake certificates must be immediately suspended from service,” said N Pasupathy, president, Association of University Teachers (AUT).
“Since there was no mechanism to verify PhD certificates, majority of the fake certificates were generated in the name of universities in north India. The authorities need to scrutinize the certificates during recruitment or immediately after recruitment,” he said.
Faculty associations have demanded state and central governments to introduce QR code in PhD certificates to prevent this malpractice. “Such a mechanism is necessary to prevent malpractices in PhD certificates as well,” said S Swaminathan, advisor of NET/SLET Association.
Despite several attempts by TOI, R Sarumathi, director of collegiate education, was unavailable for comment.
Sources said the erring faculty members had submitted fake certificates from non-existent universities in Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Bihar
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