Guv cancels ‘illegal’ appointment of NU dean Kadu

Nagpur: In yet another setback to Nagpur University vice chancellor Subhash Chaudhari, chancellor Ramesh Bais on Friday cancelled the ‘illegal’ appointment of interdisciplinary studies faculty dean Prashant Kadu.
Bais, also Maharashtra governor, censured the VC and the NU Academic Council for blatantly violating rules under the Maharashtra Public Universities (MPU) Act, 2016, to appoint Kadu.
TOI was the first to expose how Chaudhari was keen to appoint Kadu, principal of Abha Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering, allegedly at the behest of the Shikshan Manch, on November 10 last year. The newspaper had followed the issue with a series of reports after which the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court had directed the chancellor to grant hearing to the complainant, who had objected to Kadu’s appointment.
“In exercise of powers vested with me under Section 105 (5) of the MPU Act, the appointment of interdisciplinary studies dean Kadu, made on the basis of June 13, 2022, advertisement is hereby cancelled. His qualifications prescribed in the advertisement are not in consonance with the provisions of the MPU Act,” Bais held.