NIT, Manipur clarifies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 05 2015 :
National Institute of Technology, Manipur has clarified that there is nothing illegal or questionable with the way faculty members of the institution was appointed and that the appointment procedure was in strict conformity with the advertisement issued by the NIT, Manipur in 2012 .
A statement issued by the Assistant Registrar, NIT, Manipur has said that the appointments were made after proper screening of candidates by a duly constituted committee comprising of senior professors.
The statement further pointed out that the recruitment of the concerned faculty and others were made entirely on the basis of the advertisement issued in 2012 and not on the recent advertisement published in April, 2015 .
Answering the allegation that few of the workshop equipment are lying unattended in the temporary campus of the institute, NIT Assistant Registrar L Dorendro Singh said the equipment were procured as per the requirements submitted by concerned department and that there is no question of issuing completion certificate to suppliers in this regard.
The suppliers, Dorendro added, are yet to receive their full payment owing to the pending installation.
NIT, Manipur have been advancing construction agencies to complete the workshop so that the equipment could be installed at the earliest, he added.