The director of the Hamirpur National Institute of Technology has been fired with immediate effect following several complaints against him.
Professor Vinod Yadava had taken over the office on March 23, 2018, for five years. However, after several complaints against him, a committee was formed on July 13 to investigate the situation at the NIT.
The committee’s report, headed by the president of the National Council for Teacher Education, found that a prima facie case was brought against Yadava under the provisions of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act of 2007.
President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also a visitor to the institute, approved Yadav’s termination with immediate effect. The Ministry of Human Resource Development has decided that Prof Lalit Awasthi, Director of the National Institute of Technology Dr. BR Ambedkar (NIT) in Jalandhar, will continue to fill the additional post of Director, NIT with immediate effect. Yadava will receive a sum equal to the amount of his basic salary for three months.
The latest order of the Ministry of Higher Education has been acclaimed by teaching and non-teaching members of the institution. On the other hand, there are indications that the ax may also fall on all those who were appointed to this institution on the recommendation of Yadava.
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