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The Digital University Kerala (DUK) has rebutted “misleading” claims made by the Save University Campaign Committee (SUCC) successful a ceremonial ailment to the Governor regarding the legality of its Board of Governors, module recruitment processes, and audit observations.
In an authoritative release, DUK clarified that the BoG gathering held connected Friday was wholly wrong ineligible parameters arsenic the assemblage countered claims that the chairperson’s word had expired.
The SUCC alleged that the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act, 2021 (Act 10 of 2021), which established the university, stipulated that the “expert members”, including the chairperson, tin lone clasp bureau for a play of 3 years.
However, the assemblage has maintained that determination is nary prescribed fixed word for the chairperson of the BoG. Besides, the allegations regarding the three-year bounds connected the chairperson’s tenure are based connected a misinterpretation of statutory rules, which really use to adept members nominated to the BoG by the chairperson.
“Even successful specified cases, the tenure is 3 years, extendable by a further play of 2 years. Therefore, the allegation that the chairperson’s tenure is constricted to 3 years with a three-month hold is factually incorrect and appears to beryllium misleading and malicious,” the merchandise states.
DUK besides termed the allegations of bypassing preservation norms successful module appointments arsenic wholly baseless. All appointments person been conducted done duly constituted enactment committees successful adherence to University Grants Commission (UGC) norms and applicable preservation policies.
The docket point referred to successful the ailment simply concerns the constitution/restructuring of enactment committees successful accordance with caller directions issued by the chancellor to each universities. The regular administrative process has been deliberately misconstrued arsenic an effort to dilute preservation norms, the assemblage alleged.
Notably, the assemblage points retired that implicit 80% of DUK’s operational requirements are generated done externally funded probe and consultancy projects. The assemblage does not person non-plan fiscal enactment from the authorities for gathering wage expenditures.
The assemblage besides addressed “false” claims regarding superior discrepancies identified by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) successful its functioning. “The CAG has besides issued a preliminary connection seeking the university’s comments connected definite observations, and the assemblage has already submitted details to the queries asked,” DUK stated, portion asserting that the allegation that the BoG gathering is intended to regularise discrepancies is “factually untenable”.
