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Cachar Telegraph
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Dec. 6: There is a problem of plenty at
Assam Central University — it does not know what to
do with the crores of rupees in its kitty.
The vice-chancellor of the university, Tapodhir
Bhattacharjee, was left squirming when the
University Grants Commission blamed the institution
for its “persistent failure” in ensuring complete
utilisation of the central funds granted to it during the
past three financial years for academic and
infrastructural development.
Bhattacharjee admitted today that he was stumped for an
answer when UGC officials asked him that question during a
recent meeting of the country’s vice-chancellors and
academic dons in
New Delhi. Bhattacharjee said he assured the UGC of
necessary steps to rectify the lapses.
Assam Central University, spread over 560 acres at
Dargakona, 25km south of Silchar town, has over 1,800
students in 28 departments.
The vice-chancellor blamed the “lackadaisical attitude” of
his predecessors for the “slow utilisation” of central
funds. The UGC granted Rs 33 crore during 2004-05, but the
university spent only Rs 22 crore. Apart from the UGC, the
Union ministry of human resource development took note of
the university management’s failure to put the funds in
hand to good use.
The UGC sanctioned Rs 11.93 crore and Rs 10.33 crore in
2005-06 and 2006-07, but the university again utilised
only half of these amounts .
Bhattacharjee said
Delhi earmarked another Rs 11 crore for the
university in the first part of the 11th five-year plan.
“We are drawing up a blueprint for proper utilisation of
these funds.”
The proposed schemes for the university include online
networking among different departments and branches of the
university and extensive use of Edusat.
The vice-chancellor said a team of information technology
specialists would arrive at the university from
Calcutta and
New Delhi this week to implement the Edusat
project.
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