Mangaluru
Sayyid Abdul Rahiman Bafaki Thangal Foundation has alleged that the post of Mangalore University (MU) Vice-Chancellor was denied to eminent professor and scholar Muzaffar Assadi despite his name being on top of the list sent by the government.
Foundation General Secretary AS Ebrahim Kareem Kadaba told media persons that they will seek opinion from experts and explore possibilities of challenging the appointment of Vice Chancellor.
The state cabinet had sent separate lists with three names each for the appointment of Vice Chancellors of universities in the state. Scholar Assadi's name was on top of the list of candidates for MU. However, Prof Assadi's name was ignored while filling the post. We suspect it as a conspiracy to hide the irregularities taking place in the university for the past several years, Ebrahim said, adding Prof Assadi's name was not considered for the post of Kuvempu University Vice Chancellor too, though his name was recommended for the post.
MU, which was founded in 1980 with prof Sheikh Ali as the first Vice Chnacellor, had obtained Grade A in the NAAC ranking. However, the rank has now fallen to Grade B. Meanwhile, the University has also been facing a financial crunch in such a way that it is facing difficulties in paying salaries of teaching and non-teaching staff. Further, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out a raid at the university recently, he said.