Mohammed Younus/ Hyderabad: All is not well at the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU) with staff associated with the varsity alleging that the Vice-Chancellor and Principal in the varsity swindled funds meant for the development of university. It was alleged that the financial irregularities in the university could be as high as Rs 200 crore since 2008, the year when the university was incepted by an act of the state government. The professors and faculty members alleged that Vice Chancellor P Padmavathi and Architecture & Planning department principal D Vijay Kishore were responsible for the swindling of funds, thus incurring a huge monetary losses to the university.
"The professors and faculty members alleged that Vice Chancellor P Padmavathi and Architecture & Planning department principal D Vijay Kishore were responsible for swindling of funds, thus causing huge monetary losses to the university."
According to Academic & Planning director S Pradeep Kumar, major financial irregularities were taking place in the Industrial Consultancy Services, Collection of fees from the students against norms, running of courses without proper approvals and appointment of contract staff. Seeking a detailed enquiry into the monetary irregularities in the University, he said that Vijay Kishore was collecting huge fees from students against norms. He also said that several courses run by the Architecture department were not even permitted by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Pradeep kumar said that several complaints were made in the past and representations against these financial irregularities to the state Governor, Chief Minister and other political leaders. “It is like the whole show in the varsity is run by the VC and Vijay Kishore”, he added.
Explaining the ordeal of the misuse of funds in the University by the VC and Principal, another faculty member and International Relations director at varsity S N Vikas said that the appointments were made on a contract basis in Architecture department without any eligibility criteria. He said that Vijay Kishore was holding three posts and diverting all the funds collected from students as fee to the Chief Engineer’s account.
Assistant Registrar of the varsity K Mahipal Reddy said that the state government and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, the mother varsity, has granted academic autonomy, but not financial autonomy to JNAFAU. He said that all the issues of the university are the result of absence of an Executive Committee (EC), which looks after all the decisions taken by the university authorities. He informed that each and every decision made by the university vice chancellor was against the norms and in connivance with the Architecture &Planning department principal. It was also informed that VC herself appointed Vijay Kishore as the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) Convenor who in turn conducted the test with a whopping cost of Rs 1 crore, the amount is ten times more compared to previous years.
Vice-Chancellor P Padmavathi simply refused to take questions on the University and its functioning. Neither was she forthcoming on the allegations made against her by the university staff. The staff members were insisting that the state government immediately take action against these academicians.
List of Financial Irregularities
- Fees collected from the students is more than prescribed
- Funds meant for the development are being transferred to chief engineer’s account
- Decisions are not being taken as per the procedure
- Recruitment at contract basis made flouting norms
- Courses are being run without proper permission
- Absence of EC playing the spoilsport
"The professors and faculty members alleged that Vice Chancellor P Padmavathi and Architecture & Planning department principal D Vijay Kishore were responsible for swindling of funds, thus causing huge monetary losses to the university."
According to Academic & Planning director S Pradeep Kumar, major financial irregularities were taking place in the Industrial Consultancy Services, Collection of fees from the students against norms, running of courses without proper approvals and appointment of contract staff. Seeking a detailed enquiry into the monetary irregularities in the University, he said that Vijay Kishore was collecting huge fees from students against norms. He also said that several courses run by the Architecture department were not even permitted by the University Grants Commission (UGC).Pradeep kumar said that several complaints were made in the past and representations against these financial irregularities to the state Governor, Chief Minister and other political leaders. “It is like the whole show in the varsity is run by the VC and Vijay Kishore”, he added.
Explaining the ordeal of the misuse of funds in the University by the VC and Principal, another faculty member and International Relations director at varsity S N Vikas said that the appointments were made on a contract basis in Architecture department without any eligibility criteria. He said that Vijay Kishore was holding three posts and diverting all the funds collected from students as fee to the Chief Engineer’s account.
Assistant Registrar of the varsity K Mahipal Reddy said that the state government and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, the mother varsity, has granted academic autonomy, but not financial autonomy to JNAFAU. He said that all the issues of the university are the result of absence of an Executive Committee (EC), which looks after all the decisions taken by the university authorities. He informed that each and every decision made by the university vice chancellor was against the norms and in connivance with the Architecture &Planning department principal. It was also informed that VC herself appointed Vijay Kishore as the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) Convenor who in turn conducted the test with a whopping cost of Rs 1 crore, the amount is ten times more compared to previous years.
Vice-Chancellor P Padmavathi simply refused to take questions on the University and its functioning. Neither was she forthcoming on the allegations made against her by the university staff. The staff members were insisting that the state government immediately take action against these academicians.
List of Financial Irregularities
- Fees collected from the students is more than prescribed
- Funds meant for the development are being transferred to chief engineer’s account
- Decisions are not being taken as per the procedure
- Recruitment at contract basis made flouting norms
- Courses are being run without proper permission
- Absence of EC playing the spoilsport
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