Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 24:
With the Centre giving green signal to patronize the Manipur University a three member central committee would be arriving next month to study the assets and liabilities of the varsity, disclosed MU Vice Chancellor Dr N Bijoy.
Talking to The Sangai Express today the vice Chancellor asserted official intimations are underway for the proposed conversion between the State authorities and Ministry of Human Resource Development.
A three member committee constituted by the Union Ministry would conduct a survey pertinent to the matter from September 2 till 4, he said while naming the three members as UGC's Additional Secretary Dr TR Kern, HRD Deputy Secretary and VC of Bhopal University.
The committee will submit its study report to the Ministry for necessary procedure including putting the matter at the Parliament floor for passing a bill on the proposed conversion.
Mention may be made that Manipur State Assembly had resolved to urge the Centre to convert MU into a central university.
Once the University is taken over by the Centre, the latter would bear the whole budget amounting to Rs 11.26 crores annually against the current allocation of Rs eight crore by the State budget.
Dr Bijoy further commented that Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and newly appointed Chief Secretary are making their best efforts to expedite the conversion process and informed that the Chief Secretary has already despatched an in-depth report on the matter to the HRD Ministry.
On the recent police claim of recovery of arm and ammunition from the University hostel, the VC stated of instructing the hostel warden to strictly maintain records of entry and exit of any person inside the hostel.
No outsider will be allowed to stay at the hostel without prior permission granted by the warden, he affirmed.
The three Home Guard personnel have also been replaced, he added.
Dr Bijoy also outrightly rejected the police claim of recovery of arm and ammunition from the men's hostel room contending there was no witness of such arms haul.