Dr A.V. George, Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University has supported the decision to open off campus centers despite opposition from the Governor.
Dr A.V. George, Vice-Chancellor of the university has spoken out about the Governor’s reasons in seeking explanations on the off campus centers. MG University recently started off campus centres which have come under fire. A letter signed by Governor Nikhil Kumar asks for clarifications from the Vice-Chancellor on why the Governor’s special powers should not be invoked in cancelling off campus centres.
Dr George has replied to this saying “The Governor has given us 15 days for a reply. We will send him a reply mentioning the said factors,”.
He explained that the university needed initiatives like off campus centres,because the government grant allotted was minimal. He stated to the present media “With the grants we get, it’s hard to run the university. The MG University, compared to the Kerala and Calicut universities, has more institutions under it.But when it comes to the funds, we get far less. To sustain the activities of the university, we have been compelled to initiate off campus centres. The university will otherwise be forced to shut down, due to the lack of funds,”.
He also claimed that a top official has instigated the Governor into demanding an explanation saying “We would not have gone in for such projects had the government given us an additional Rs 5 cr every month for running the university,”.
The Vice-Chancellor also made it apparent that the government only enquired after the university had finalized everything. He also clarified that the university can start off campus centres without the permission of the government. He stated “Prior permission is needed only in the case of creating new posts. No provision of the University Act stipulates that the government’s permission is needed to start off campus centres. In this case, we got the government’s intimation quite late,”.
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