Patna, (Bihar Times): In a rare development the vice
chancellor of Patna University, Dr Y C Simahdri, was
sacked from office on Monday. Prof M P Sinha was
appointed as the acting vice chancellor.His removal came only a few days after his return from France. The human resources development minister, Brishen Patel, publicly criticized him for leaving the country without informing the government and the office of chancellor. Many teachers as well as students organizations also gave petitions to the Chancellor seeking his removal.
After his return from France he was served show cause notice by the Chancellor. His repeated attempt to meet the Chancellor, minister and senior officials yielded no result.
Earlier, Dr Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, head of the department of Economics, was on Saturday suspended from his post. His suspension came a few days after the meeting of the PU Senate in which he strongly criticized vice chancellor’s style of functioning.
The removal of VC by the office of Chancellor and suspension of Dr Chaudhary is being interpreted as a balancing act by many PU-watchers. However, whatever may be the government and Chancellor’s stand on the two issues the fact is that PU is passing through its worst crisis.