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Patna,(BiharTimes): Speaking for the first time on the issue of Nalanda International University former president A P J Abdul Kalam said on Tuesday that President Pratibha Patil, in her capacity as the Visitor, would look into any complaint about competence of its Vice-Chancellor Dr Gopa Sabharwal.
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Replying to a question by ruling Janata Dal (United) MLA Irshad Ahmed during an interactive session in the state Assembly premises he said the Visitor is the competent authority to appoint Vice Chancellor and other teachers for the university. He said he had full confidence that she would take a decision in this respect with due consideration of related subjects. He further said that the Visitor would look into any complaint against Sabharwal.
Kalam, it needs to be recalled, dissociated himself from the Nalanda International University as its Visitor a couple of months back.
Irshad Ahmed alleged that Gopa Sabharwal, formerly a Reader of New Delhi’s Lady Sriram College, lacked adequate experience to be the VC of an international university.
It needs to be recalled that Sabharwal’s appointment as the VC was opposed by a group of academics recently. BiharTimes carried a series of stories on the issue in September last.
Kalam, the brainchild behind the revival of Nalanda University, has opted out of the project apparently realising that he has no crucial role to play. His today’s statement, and that too, in an interactive session with the Bihar legislators, in a way, questions Nobel Laureate and Mentor Group Chairman, Amartya Sen, who reportedly played a key role in the appointment of Sabharwal, who is still drawing huge salary. This notwithstanding the fact that a question was raised in Parliament over her appointment in August last.
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