Tension prevails in the Allahabad University (AU) where a student died after drinking from a water cooler near the Students Union building of the university two days ago, a university official said. Additional forces have been deployed after hundreds of students went on rampage, staged a violent protest on Wednesday, damaging properties and even misbehaving with female teachers.

The students demanded FIR against the vice chancellor, Registrar, the DSW and the proctor, and sought their resignation. They also sought compensation for the family of the deceased. According to students, after attending the class, Ashutosh Dubey, 22 a final year B.A student went to drink water at the water cooler near the students union bulding at the Arts Faculty. While drinking water Dubey collapsed after which he was rushed to SRN hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The students alleged that AU authorities failed to provide an ambulance on time and they had to Dubey on e-rickshaw. They also alleged that the security personnel did not allow the e-rickshaw to enter the campus. Dubey’s father has filed a complaint against the University administration a the Colonelganj police station.

Angry students first blocked the busy Motilal Nehru Road and later blocked the entry and exit from AU by blocking the library gate of Arts campus. A group of student leaders went to various departments and forcefully closed them.

They also went to the proctor’s office and indulged in a heated argument with the proctor and his team. At the Sanskrit department, students broke earthen pots, furniture etc. They also allegedly abused the  female teachers of the department and manhandled them. Videos of their violent behavior made rounds on social media platforms too.

They also damaged the glass panes of the almirah and the doors of the Central Library. The protesting students, who had blocked the library gate, were accompanied by the father the deceased. The agitation ended after the police accepted Dubey’s father’s application in which he held the dean Student Welfare Shanti Sunderam and Proctor Rakesh Singh responsible for the death of his son. Police have assured registering a complaint on the basis of the application.

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Yogesh Tyagi, the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, was suspended by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday amid a controversy over appointments. An inquiry has been ordered by the President into allegations of dereliction of duties against Tyagi. The education ministry had asked to permit the inquiry against the vice-chancellor after a dispute over appointments to the university last week. On Tuesday night, the President allowed the inquiry against the vice-chancellor who was accused of misconduct by the ministry.

The suspension of Tyagi came amid a heated power tussle between the university and the education ministry over the recent appointments by the Vice Chancellor. The official said all orders issued by Yogesh Tyagi during his tenure on medical ground, are set aside and to be treated as null and void.

Earlier, President Kovind, as a Visitor of the university, had ordered an inquiry against the vice-chancellor over allegations of dereliction of duties and lack of commitment and devotion to duty against him.

Tyagi, on October 21, had approved the appointment of PC Jha of the department of operational research as South Campus director and acting registrar in place of Suman Kundu, who was appointed by Pro Vice-Chancellor PC Joshi during Tyagi’s absence.

The controversy took a different turn on Thursday when Tyagi replaced PC Joshi with Geeta Bhatt as the pro-vice chancellor of Delhi University. Geeta Bhatt is the director of the Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board of the university. However, Joshi cancelled Jha’s appointment, and then the Executive Council with Joshi in the chair, approved the appointment of Vikas Gupta as the registrar.

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In a letter to the university registrar, the education ministry said that the vice-chancellor has been suspended till the inquiry is completed since he can influence the investigation while in office. Professor PC Joshi will take over as Vice Chancellor.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mansoor was selected from a list of three names which was sent to Union Human Resource Development ministry

President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Tariq Mansoor as the new Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor on Wednesday.

The 60-year-old Mansoor who is working as the principal of AMU’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College will succeed Lt Gen (retd) Zameeruddin Shah who is to retire on May 17.

Mansoor has been associated with the university for 35 years. “I do not know anything about this as I have not received an official communication or order from the government yet,” the Indian Express quoted Mansoor as saying.

He was selected from a list of three names which was sent to Union Human Resource Development ministry two months ago. Abu Saleh Sharif, executive director and chief scholar, US-India Policy Institute, Washington, and Shahid Jameel, CEO, Welcome Trust and DBT India Alliance, were the other two contenders.

Allegations were raised against Sharif and Jameel that they both had never served as professors in educational institutions as mandated by the University Grants Commission. The issue was taken to Supreme Court, and the top court refused to interfere in the matter saying all three candidates fulfilled academic qualifications.

Facilitating AMU’s academic, research, financial and infrastructure audit will be the first task before the newly-appointed VC. The HRD ministry ordered for the audit as it received a large number of complaints under Shah.

In October, the ministry had sought the President’s approval to initiate an inquiry against Shah and a show-cause notice was subsequently sent to him. Instead of doing anything on this regard, the government has ordered a comprehensive audit on the issue.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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