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Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is expected to bid his absorption connected the functioning of university-run hostels successful the State.
In an authoritative connection from the Raj Bhavan, Vice-Chancellors person been formally intimated that the Governor volition code concerns related to “the increasing incidents of pupil unrest successful the assemblage hostels”. The contented volition beryllium taken up during his enactment with 14 Vice-Chancellors astatine a programme scheduled astatine Calicut University connected December 2.
During his visit, Mr. Arlekar volition merchandise a publication connected erstwhile Finance Minister John Matthai, motorboat six Massive Open Online Courses, and interact with the Director of the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre. The gathering with the Vice-Chancellors volition travel the lawsuit and volition see discussions connected implementing “strict measures to contain” pupil unrest connected campuses.
Notably, the Vice-Chancellors person besides been asked to contiguous their views connected the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry headed by erstwhile Kerala High Court justice A. Hariprasad. The committee was constituted aft the decease of veterinary pupil Sidharthan J.S. astatine the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU).
The committee had identified lapses connected the portion of the KVASU Vice-Chancellor successful maintaining field subject and preventing ragging, which is suspected to person contributed to the student’s alleged suicide.
Universities person besides been directed to taxable copies of the allotment rules presently successful unit astatine their respective hostels.
