Vikas Vaidya

By Vikas Vaidya The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has launched campaign named ‘Swachha Vaidyakiy Shikshan Abhiyan’ as a part of its fight against the alleged corrupt practices by College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPS). The top body of doctors Indian Medical Association too have come forward. Its President Jayesh Lele and Secretary Dr Parthiv Sanghvi has written to Medical Education Minister Vinod Tawde wherein they have demanded that an inquiry should be instituted into the working of CPS and pending inquiry suspend the present council by appointing an Administrator.  “We will be holding a candlelight march, wear black ribbons at work and take out a rally to register our protest," said Dr Sagar Mundada, Central MARD President. He added that MARD has sent letters to the medical education minister as well as the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC). The MMC called CPS for hearing 6 times in the past several months to look into the complaints but none of

By Vikas Vaidya The special and privilaged treatment given by Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) at Nagpur to ex-MLA, who is arrested in connection with a financial fraud on the orders of High Court, has raised eyebrows of several activists who have questioned the decision of hospital administration for extending such a hospitality to an accused. Khamgaon police had arrested former Congress MLA Dilip Sananda in relation to a corruption case pertaining to award of a contract for constructing the Khamgaon Municipal building in Buldhana and as it happen in cases involving such high-profile persons, Sananda complained of ill-health and after spending five days in police custody, he was taken to GMCH for medical examination and lodged in a paid ward, in violation of established norms. The former Congress MLA initially evaded arrest in the case after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, but after exhausting all legal remed

By Vikas Vaidya The students who got admission in the colleges of professional courses through vacant seats after completion of Centralised Admission Process (CAP) will too get scholarship. Maharashtra Government’s Social Welfare Department has issued a circular through which it has relaxed the earlier condition of alloting scholarship only to those students who got admitted through CAP. The students of Scheduled Caste get scholarship from Central Government. The admission process for any professional courses is conducted in three or four rounds. Most of the colleges surrender their seats in CAP. Till last year the scholarship was given to those students who got admission during those rounds. If the seats remained vacant after all rounds then competent authority asks the colleges to fill up those seats on their own. In that case students were not eligible to get the scholarship. Such students had to pay whatever the fees colleges charge. Now Social Welfare department has brought th

By Vikas Vaidya The team constituted by Nagpur’s Joint Director (Technical Education) office has found serious loopholes in nine engineering colleges of Nagpur region. The committee had inspected all colleges of this region and identified loopholes. Now the committee would be checking whether the compliance has been made or not. The colleges include Bhausaheb Mulak College of Engineering; Central India College of Engineering and Technology; Namdeorao Poreddiwar College of Engineering and Technology, Gadchiroli; Nagarjuna Institute of  Technology and Management; Acharya Vinoba Bhave College of Engineering, Pavnar; Vidya Niketan College of Engineering; Om College of Engineering, Izapur, Wardha; ITM College of Engineering, Kamptee; V M Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dongargaon. Out of the above colleges, Mulak College, Central India, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Om College are on the verge of closure while VMIT has registered no single admission. According to DTE, these colleges

By Vikas Vaidya Taking cognizance of The Hitavada report, the office of Minister of Education has called Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) and asked as to why it constituted the committee for compliance of loopholes pointed out by the earlier committee of Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) in 48 engineering colleges. The office of the Minister ordered RTMNU to add member nominated by DTE in university committee. The Hitavada had a talk with Director of DTE Dr S K Mahajan, Joint Director Gulabrao Thakare, Minister of Education Vinod Tawde regarding this issue. Surprisingly all were unaware about the RTMNU committee, including RTMNU bosses. When Minister’s office called RTMNU, it created ripples in university circles and The Hitavada got calls from engineering colleges who thanked for raising the issue. To clarify his stand Dr D K Agrawal, Director of Board of College and University Development (BCUD) made a call to The Hitavada and told, “WE got a letter

By Vikas Vaidya The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) has questioned formation of committees by Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) to check the compliance’s by technical institutions. The colleges have sent protest letters to the DTE asking why the university formed a separate committee to inspect their college when the DTE has already constituted a panel. Apart from overlapping jurisdiction, the colleges are put to great inconvenience due to jurisdictional conflict between two separate panels. Three months ago, the DTE inspected teaching and other infrastructure facilities at the technical institutions in Maharashtra. During the inspection, the DTE had identified certain loopholes. The colleges concerned were asked to remove the shortcomings and comply with it. Now, the DTE has sent a three-member committee to check whether the colleges have removed the deficiencies or not. Surprisingly, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), too, decid

By Vikas Vaidya Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) had inspected the technical institutions in Maharashtra 3 months ago. In the same inspection it had identified certain loopholes. The concerned colleges had been asked to remove the same. Now DTE sending one member committee to check whether the colleges have removed the deficiencies or not. Surprisingly, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) too has decided do inspection separately. The University committees which are of 5 membes each has the predominance of Wardha, the reasons best known to the authorities. With more than 50% seats across engineering and MBA colleges in Maharashtra lying vacant this year as well, the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) had inspected all technical institutions in the state to assess their teaching and other infrastructure facilities. The technical institutes include all engineering, management, polytechnic, architecture, computer and pharmacy colleges in the state. Such