Deeds of AMU V-C come under scanner
AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis, going by charges of his detractors, believes in living life king-size - albeit at the expense of the institution he serves.
By Manjari Mishra, TNN |
LUCKNOW: He paid his annual income-tax from university funds, ordered free breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from university guest house, spent one crore on the renovation of his (now centrally air-conditioned) official residence, installed furniture worth 50 lakhs in it and has four official luxury cars to ferry him or his family around.
AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis, going by charges of his detractors, believes in living life king-size ��� albeit at the expense of the institution he serves.
And now with a two-member fact-finding committee appointed by President Pratibha Patil in her capacity as AMU���s Visitor in Aligarh, to investigate a slew of grave charges, Azis finds himself in a tight spot. The embarrassing development has put the campus on a simmer even as the AMU Teachers Association has passed a resolution demanding him to proceed on leave to spare further infamy to the internationally renowned university.
Controversies have dogged Azis relentlessly all along his two-year tenure in Aligarh. Right from his decision to establish five satellite campuses of AMU and to rusticating 16 girls for vandalism, his decisions have often led to vociferous protest among students.
The VC sprung a huge surprise by clearing proposal for a foolproof security system with its 433 trained security personnel and 37 gunmen, CCTV, wireless surveillance system, PTZ camera, CCTV walkie talkie sets, hand-held metal detectors and X-ray liner scanner at the cost of Rs 5 crore, alleges Wasim Ahmad.
Ahmad, who is the Visitor���s nominee to the AMU, and seven other colleagues from the executive council had petitioned former HRD minister Arjun Singh demanding investigations into Azis���s ���blatant violation of all standard financial norms and proprieties���.
AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis, going by charges of his detractors, believes in living life king-size ��� albeit at the expense of the institution he serves.
And now with a two-member fact-finding committee appointed by President Pratibha Patil in her capacity as AMU���s Visitor in Aligarh, to investigate a slew of grave charges, Azis finds himself in a tight spot. The embarrassing development has put the campus on a simmer even as the AMU Teachers Association has passed a resolution demanding him to proceed on leave to spare further infamy to the internationally renowned university.
Controversies have dogged Azis relentlessly all along his two-year tenure in Aligarh. Right from his decision to establish five satellite campuses of AMU and to rusticating 16 girls for vandalism, his decisions have often led to vociferous protest among students.
The VC sprung a huge surprise by clearing proposal for a foolproof security system with its 433 trained security personnel and 37 gunmen, CCTV, wireless surveillance system, PTZ camera, CCTV walkie talkie sets, hand-held metal detectors and X-ray liner scanner at the cost of Rs 5 crore, alleges Wasim Ahmad.
Ahmad, who is the Visitor���s nominee to the AMU, and seven other colleagues from the executive council had petitioned former HRD minister Arjun Singh demanding investigations into Azis���s ���blatant violation of all standard financial norms and proprieties���.
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