DU Colleges functioning without Principals

Updated on: Monday, March 26, 2012

Three Delhi University (DU) colleges - Hindu, Kirori Mal and Ramjas - are functioning without heads at present. While VK Srivastava, principal, Hindu College , resigned from his post after a university backlash and is on a sabbatical, an enquiry has been set up against both Bhim Sen Singh, principal, KMC, and Rajendra Prasad, principal, Ramjas, for several charges.

Facing allegations of misconduct and mismanagement by the university administration , Singh was asked to go on leave till the completion of the enquiry. This is not the first instance of an enquiry against him. The university had suggested his suspension in 2010 for non-implementation of the semester system.

However, the staff association of KMC has protested the governing body's decision to set an enquiry against Singh. Teachers at the college are also urging students and the non-teaching staff to form a collective support base to protest the move.

"The principal is allegedly being targeted for the agitation in which teachers protested against implementation of the semester system in undergraduate courses. It is an unfair move on the part of the governing body members," says Rudrashish Chakraborty, professor and secretary, KMC staff association.

Prasad who has been the principal of Ramjas College for the last 26 years, faces suspension over his alleged involvement in the fake certificates admissions scam.

He however maintains, "The charges against me are unwarranted and baseless. I think they must carry the investigations at a higher level."

Meanwhile, both Ramjas College and KMC are functioning without principals for the time being, while the vice-principal of Hindu College is serving as the acting principal for the college.

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