The differences between Bangalore University’s vice-chancellor and its syndicate members have come out in open when a syndicate member K V Acharya wrote to Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy, asking him to think twice before accepting BU's offer.
The university’s VC N Prabhu Dev wrote an open letter to Murthy inviting him to chair the board of governors of its only engineering college, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering." The intention of the vice-chancellor to invite Sri Narayana Murthy is only to build his image that will help him to collect funds and not the academic interest. I submit to Infosys fame Sri Narayana Murthy to think twice before getting into the trap of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology fame Dr (A) N Prabhu Dev," wrote Acharya to Murthy.
Acharya has also pointed out the shortcomings of Professor Dev, "He (VC) has kept the requests of the principal of UVCE in abeyance (more than 15 times). Even the salaries of temporary staff members have not been released. The compound wall of UVCE building on the rear side collapsed months back and remains so even after bringing this fact to the notice of self-appointed civic sense promoter. That part has become a public urinal," the letter goes on.
The letter even questions the flow of funds into UVCE - "the fees collected are diverted, fixed deposits liquidated, provident fund evaporated and even the pension money targeted".
Prabhu Dev had earlier invited Mohandas Pai to spearhead the Bengaluru School of Economics. "By giving such statements, the V-C feels BU becomes number one university in the world and helps him to gather funds from established industrial houses."
[Source: Economic Times]
