NAGPUR: Almost a week after
Nagpur University banned admissions to 209 colleges/courses and added 39 more to its ‘blacklist’, the political outfits allegedly started exerting pressure on its top officials to lift the ban.
As per NU officials, not only the top officials were receiving calls from politicians running those colleges without teachers and infrastructure for years, but even senior members from outfits like Shikshan Manch are pressuring the administration to at least relax the conditions from certain colleges/courses run by their members.
On Monday, Shikshan Manch members led by former mayor Kalpana Pande met with vice chancellor SP Kane and pro-VC Pramod Yeole in this regard. Though they refused to divulge anything when confronted, a senior office-bearer later confirmed the fact that they had indeed requested the NU top brass to ease the admissions ban, as it would affect their dwindling revenues and may ultimately led to their closure.
“We explained them adverse situation faced by the non-granted colleges. We know that NU would soon lift the ban,” a senior Manch member confidently said.
The VC failed to respond to repeated phone calls and also to SMS. He was busy when scribes went to meet him at his office after Manch members came out.
The non-granted colleges’ owners are also planning to launch an onslaught on the NU administration and would be strongly raising the issue on Tuesday. “NU has convened a meeting of all arts college principals for implementing its 50:50 pattern wherein exam burden would be shared. The VC and pro-VC would be confronted with the queries on ban, as it had included many courses, where proposals for appointment of teachers were pending with NU since long,” a principal said.
Principals’ Forum chairman Baban
Taywade blamed VC for not granting him appointment, despite many requests. He said he was in discussions with managements of banned colleges, which included Dhanwate National (DNC), where he was principal till this year.
“These colleges hardly get any students nowadays and their fees are also on the lowest side. From where they would pay to lecturer, whose salary exceeds at least Rs50,000-Rs 1 lakh? All of them have appointed contributory ones or ad hoc lecturers on an affordable salary of Rs20,000 and above. It would be impossible for them to survive, if they paid such huge salaries,” he said.
He directly blamed NU VC and pro-VC of cracking down on the colleges to save their own skins from the personal rivalry with Sunil Mishra. “Since they had banned his college for operating without teacher and infrastructure, they’ve launched this drive apprehending that Mishra would point out their names in the high court. You can’t punish other colleges for blunders committed by just one,” Taywade said.
Earlier, NU had banned admissions to one or more courses/branches of about 82 colleges that included some popular engineering and others. It included Priyadarshini, Shivaji Science, Dhanwate, GH Raisoni Commerce, Purushottam Thote, Wainganga, Gurunanak, JD College, and Nuva. On Saturday, colleges like
Yashwantrao Chavan College of engineering (YCCE), KITS Ramtek, RS Mundle, Dharampeth Commerce, Binzani, SFS, PWS, Santaji, LAD, City Premier, Prerna, Porwal, Dr Ambedkar Management Studies,
Matru Seva Sangh (MSS), CP and Berar, and
JB Science and New Arts and Commerce from Wardha, are added.
