Year of discord for university
By Vikas Vaidya The cancellation of visit by President of India Pranab Mukherjee to Nagpur has had a larger and adverse impact on the image of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. It was a big blow for the university administration. Though the reason behind the cancellation of the President’s visit is still unknown, the major one was found to be the doubts raised about the veracity of degrees of over 1,300 students of RTMNU. The degrees were suspected to be bogus and were to be awarded in the presence of the President. The degrees were of the students from 250 colleges, running sans teachers, banned by university. The issue of banned 250 colleges haunted the university’s administration throughout the year. With 250 colleges banned, half of the university came to a near standstill. All these 250 colleges were running without a single approved teacher. The fact got exposed as Sunil Mishra got the information under Right to Information Act (RTI) from the university ab...