AICTE scam: CBI indicts IIT - Kharagpur chief

Updated on: Saturday, July 23, 2011

Widening its net in the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) scam, the CBI has found the involvement of its former chairperson Damodar Acharya, who is now the director of IIT-Kharagpur.

Acharya was the chairperson of AICTE from May 2005 to June 2007. In 2005-06, a new system was started for extension of approval to technical institutes, whereby the chairperson took a decision after a three-member panel appraised compliance reports from institutes.

The case, involving Acharya, relates to Padmavathi Engineering College which sought approval in 2006-07 despite under-qualified and underpaid faculty members. The CBI, after investigations, said, “Acharya did not consider the recommendations of the appraisal committee and took a decision to maintain status quo.”

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