V-Cs being prosecuted for corruption a blot on civilisation, says Purohit
20/12/2019, ROHAN PREMKUMAR ,UDHAGAMANDALAM
Governor Banwarilal Purohit speaking at a Vice-Chancellors’ conference in Udhagamandalam. M. SathyamoorthyM. Sathyamoorthy
Tamil Nadu Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday said it was a “blot on civilisation” to see Vice-Chancellors and university professors being prosecuted for corruption. The public and the student community wanted a university administration that was “transparent, highly-disciplined and corruption-free”, he said.
Mr. Purohit, who inaugurated a conference for Vice-Chancellors, titled ‘Chancellor’s Vision 2030: Innovating Education in the Era of Industry 4.0’, at the Raj Bhavan in Ooty, said that at the time of his appointment as Governor-Chancellor, six out of 20 State universities were ‘headless’, with no Vice-Chancellors in place.
Widespread allegations
“In some Universities, the post of Vice-Chancellor had remained vacant for more than a year. There were also widespread allegations in the media regarding the quality of the persons selected for the post of Vice-Chancellor and the process involved in the selection. The vigilance raids on two former Vice-Chancellors, the arrest of a sitting Vice-Chancellor and the suicide committed by a former Registrar in the last two years bear testimony to the [present] condition. It worries me when I see Vice-Chancellors and professors prosecuted for corruption,” Mr. Purohit said, adding that since he became Governor, there had been total transparency in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors.
“Universities and Colleges are seats of higher learning where it is important to practice scrupulously the virtues of transparency, efficiency and honesty. Since examples have been set in the selection of Vice-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellors, in turn, should follow this method of being totally honest and transparent when it comes to the students’ admissions, affiliation of new colleges, approval of new courses and selection of the university faculty,” Mr. Purohit said.
20/12/2019, ROHAN PREMKUMAR ,UDHAGAMANDALAM
Governor Banwarilal Purohit speaking at a Vice-Chancellors’ conference in Udhagamandalam. M. SathyamoorthyM. Sathyamoorthy
Tamil Nadu Governor-Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit on Thursday said it was a “blot on civilisation” to see Vice-Chancellors and university professors being prosecuted for corruption. The public and the student community wanted a university administration that was “transparent, highly-disciplined and corruption-free”, he said.
Mr. Purohit, who inaugurated a conference for Vice-Chancellors, titled ‘Chancellor’s Vision 2030: Innovating Education in the Era of Industry 4.0’, at the Raj Bhavan in Ooty, said that at the time of his appointment as Governor-Chancellor, six out of 20 State universities were ‘headless’, with no Vice-Chancellors in place.
Widespread allegations
“In some Universities, the post of Vice-Chancellor had remained vacant for more than a year. There were also widespread allegations in the media regarding the quality of the persons selected for the post of Vice-Chancellor and the process involved in the selection. The vigilance raids on two former Vice-Chancellors, the arrest of a sitting Vice-Chancellor and the suicide committed by a former Registrar in the last two years bear testimony to the [present] condition. It worries me when I see Vice-Chancellors and professors prosecuted for corruption,” Mr. Purohit said, adding that since he became Governor, there had been total transparency in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors.
“Universities and Colleges are seats of higher learning where it is important to practice scrupulously the virtues of transparency, efficiency and honesty. Since examples have been set in the selection of Vice-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellors, in turn, should follow this method of being totally honest and transparent when it comes to the students’ admissions, affiliation of new colleges, approval of new courses and selection of the university faculty,” Mr. Purohit said.
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