Nagpur varsity blacklists 360 colleges without full-time heads

Updated on: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

As many as 360 colleges have been blacklisted by the Nagpur University for flouting norms by not appointing a regular Prinicipal or Head of the institution.

A good number of these colleges are either named after or run by city politicians or belong to big industrial houses.

A High Court bench here had recently directed Nagpur University to make it mandatory for all colleges in Maharashtra to appoint regular Principals or Directors before May 31, 2009, well before the commencement of new academic session of 2010-11.

Accordingly the University dispatched circulars and letters informing colleges to comply with the HC order but they went ahead with the admissions.

Also, the varsity issued a warning on August 14 this year, that students who have opted for admission in black listed colleges will have to bear the brunt in case of any problems in the future. to students in first year despite a ban imposed on the process.

Besides, the students' academic and financial losses if any will be the responsibility of the college management, it said.

The University after imposing a ban on admission to first year students, has also said that non-bonafide students will not be allowed to appear for examinations in summer.

Of the total 360, about 251 are general course colleges, 61 (educational) 31 (physical education), 8 (law), 5 (pharmacy) and four engineering colleges.

Prominent among them are: Meghe Institute of Advanced Studies (MP Datta Meghe group), Tuli College of Hotel Management (Hotel Tuli group), G H Raisoni Institute of Information Technology (Raisoni Group), Nirdharrao Waghaye Mahavidyalaya (Congress MLA Sewak Waghaye group), Bapurao Deshmukh College of Architecture (MLA Suresh Deshmukh, Wardha), Tirpude Institute of Management Education (Nashikrao Tirpude group), Pandav College of Library Science (Ex MLC Krishnarao Pandav family) and Sharad Pawar College of Arts and Commerce (no links with Pawar).

In a latest development 61 colleges, mostly B.Ed Colleges have got a relief from High Court while others have not bothered yet.

Nagpur varsity blacklists 360 colleges without full-time heads

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