NU awards PhD to BPEd scam accused
It happens only in the Nagpur University. Even though the university officials conducted the 96th convocation ceremony in extremely
professional manner, they left a major flaw that exposed media claims that criminals being shielded.
Amongst the distinguished list of candidates getting prestigious doctorate of philosophy (PhD), there was an accused in sensational BPEd scam who received a degree in education faculty. Chairman of university's physical education faculty Board of studies (BoS) Chandrakant Duble was also in the list of PhD holders when the names were called. Fortunately for the authorities, he skipped the ceremony that saved them from a major embarrassment. Duble was arrested by the Katol police when the scam, where hundreds of students were duped, was exposed. Though he managed to secure a bail, investigations are still in progress and in these conditions, the officials should have kept his degree on hold, some higher officials of the university told TOI.
Duble and his accomplices were accused of duping the students from other states like West Bengal by promising them to get BPEd degree from the Nagpur University by charging lakhs. Interestingly, governor SC Jamir had taken an oath from students to follow truth and honesty. On other hand, the university presented PhD to an accused of the scam that brought national shame to the eight-decade-old institution, the officials said.
Nonetheless, this was not the only hitch; the Deshpande hall fell woefully short for conducting major functions like a convocation. Over 500 people, most of them parents and relatives of the students, were left stranded on the stairs and near the doors, as entire hall was jam-packed. Next time, the university had to think twice before finalising Deshpande hall for organising a convocation ceremony as number of people along with the medals are increasing with each year.
If this was not enough, the convocation timing got slightly extended which led to a chaos. There was a function of Congress party and the activists thronged the hall to attend the same. The hall was already full to the capacity that led to audience facing problems while coming out.Apparently, the university had to rush up with its last few things before signing off with a national anthem.