Times of India: Puducherry: Sunday, June 28, 2015.
A
three-member committee set up by the University Grants Commission is probing
allegation of plagiarism against Pondicherry University vice-chancellor Chandra
Krishnamurthy following a direction from the Union human resource ministry.
While former
vice-chancellor of Central University of Punjab Jai Rup Singh is the chairman
of the committee, former director of Indian Law Institute K N Chandersekharan
Pillai and former secretary (home ministry) Nita Chowdhary are the members.
According to
an RTI reply, the HRD ministry in its note (a copy of which is available with
TOI) to the UGC said the Pondicherry University Teachers' Association (Puta)
had charged that Chandra plagiarized her book 'Legal Education in India'. The
ministry sent a copy of the book with results of a check by Turnitin (a
software used for "originality check" of books, PhD and MPhil
thesis).
The ministry
also said there were charges that Chandra plagiarized her PhD thesis titled,
'Conceptual and interpretative analysis of educational rights in minority in
the constitution', submitted to University of Mumbai University.
When
contacted, Jai Rup Singh said the committee has begun the probe and has not
submitted its final report. "There is a specific issue raised in the
complaint. The committee will probe into the issue as per the terms and
conditions set by the UGC," Singh said. Chandra was not available for
comments despite repeated attempts.
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