Dr N Prabhu Dev, vice-chancellor of Bangalore University (BU), has said a few syndicate members are out to destabilise him.
“I’ve survived a formidable attempt to destabilise me by a powerful section of the syndicate and a more powerful aspirant, also a senior member of the administration,” he said on Sunday alluding to the alleged conflict between him and registrar BC Mylarappa.
Dev’s comment came in a message marking his completion of three years as BU’s vice-chancellor.
Other controversies surrounding the BU also figured in his message. One such was the plan for setting up a Bangalore School of Economics.
“It was my brainchild and it was modelled on the London School of Economics and Delhi School of Economics. A story was planted in a Kannada daily that it was a real estate deal by a senior member of the syndicate. Dr Sitaram Jindal was so hurt and outraged that he withdrew the offer,” he said.
On criticisms over the BU’s evaluation process, he said 80% of the responsibility for the delay was because of lapses by colleges. “The university becomes the punching bag. I do not for a moment say that all is well with the university administration. The lapses are being addressed on a war-footing,” he said. He also mentioned the attack on him by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protesters last December.
“For the first time in the history of Bangalore University, the V-C was attacked in front of the police, the much respected registrar and a powerful member of the syndicate,” he stated in his message.
He also mentioned reforms undertaken by the varsity during his tenure.
“We introduced 51 measures in the academic reorientation of BU that included online announcement of results, scanning and digitalisation of answer scripts,” he said.
The examination adalat will solve problems related to evaluation.
“The adalat will start functioning in two weeks. There are 4,000 cases pending over the last 10 years. University officials are being trained to be helpful and a counselling workshop is being organised,” he said.
