Times of India: New Delhi: Wednesday, 06 August 2014.
Launching a
fresh attack on DU administration and vice-chancellor Dinesh Singh, Delhi University
Teachers' Association on Tuesday released a white paper on several law
violations highlighting alleged administrative, academic and financial
irregularities during his tenure.
DUTA has been
making these allegations for over a year now, but for once they have some
documentation (acquired via RTI) to support their claims on use of OBC funds
for bankrolling reforms, costs of running Gyanodaya and spending of funds
raised for Uttarakhand floods.
Singh has
been under constant criticism over the last two months, the attacks sharpening
after the rollback of the four-year-undergraduate programme on June 27
following a UGC order.
The white
paper highlighted irregularities under various heads, the gravest being
financial. "The atmosphere of terror and meek submission to his excesses
also allowed him to bypass statutory bodies in making inconsistent financial
decisions such as diverting Rs 172.56 crore out of an OBC grant meant for
expansion in teaching faculty and general upgrade of infrastructure towards
purchase of laptops for the batch of FYUP students, culling out funds for
running Gyanodaya Express and organizing the ostentatious 'cultural festival'
Antardhwani, and massive diversion of funds from School of Open learning,"
a statement issued by DUTA said.
Singh was
also accused of giving tacit approval to illegal rock mining in ARSD College
campus and illegal felling of trees in South Campus. Other allegations include
his decision to freeze fresh appointments despite an acute shortage of staff.
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