Home » Education » Odisha Governer has ordered a Vigilance probe into the corruption charges made against the Vice-chancellor of OUAT

Odisha Governer has ordered a Vigilance probe into the corruption charges made against the Vice-chancellor of OUAT

Bhubaneswar:9/12/18; Governor Ganeshi Lal has ordered a Vigilance probe into the corruption charges made against the Vice-chancellor of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Surendra Nath Pasupalak.

Lal also directed the Chief Secretary to submit the report within six weeks after the probe by the Vigilance department into the allegations of corruption levelled against the head of OUAT.

The move came after former Assistant Registrar of OUAT, Pramod Kumar Jena, filed two petitions levelling corruption charges against the VC in recruitment and manipulation of records of the varsity for his personal benefits.

In the letters to Minister for Agriculture and Panchayati Raj and Pro-Chancellor of OUAT, Jena alleged Pasupalak of misusing his position by manipulating records for personal benefit, erroneous advertisement in recruitment for Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of OUAT.

OUAT Pro-Chancellor Pradeep Maharathy had forwarded the petitions to the Governor, the Chancellor of the university, as received from Jena.

About Editor in chief

Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
x

Check Also

Tamil Adheenams handed over the ‘Sengol’-historic sceptre to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Newdelhi:27/5/23: India’s new Parliament building is scheduled to be inaugurated on Sunday i.e. 28 May. Over the inauguration, the opposition parties have raised objections saying that the President and not ...