Trouble is brewing up for the Vananchal Dental College (VDC), Garhwa as its affiliating body the Nilamber-Pitamber University has formed an enquiry committee to look into alleged irregularities happened in admissions and securing its own affiliation. The seven member committee would be headed by Dr SP Sinha, Dean at Faculty of Science of the University.
A notification issued in this regard said that the ‘high power committee’ has been constituted by the Vice Chancellor to enquire the legality, correctness and genuineness of the admission of the students of BDS course in 2015-16 session at the college and the matter of its temporary and permanent affiliation and told to submit its report by December 16.
“Thus this committee is entrusted with twin assignments of enquiring into the genuineness of the admission of the students of the BDS course of session 2015-16 and the matter of its affiliation. This committee will look into whether admission in the subject is in conformity with the provisions of the Act, Rules, Regulations, Norms and Guidelines etc or not in the light of the letter and the list of students of BDS course received by the Secretary, DCI, New Delhi vide letter no. DE-BDS(76)Students-2016/6325 dt 31st August, 2016,” reads the notification issued through Registrar of NPU Dr Amar Singh on November 19.
Informing about the
decision taken by the varsity after lots of controversies have surrounded it, an official said that the panel would also examine whether the admissions taken in the BDS course by the college was inconsistent with the provisions of revised BDS Course Regulation, 2007 and its subsequent amendments framed by the DCI.
“The committee would enquire the matters into two parts. In the first part matters regarding admission taken in BDS course in 2015-16 such as number of students
admitted, mode and basis of
admission, students appeared in the exam, proof of issuance of admit cards, applications came, examination centers, marks obtained, date and
centers of counseling conducted etc would be looked into.
Whereas in its second part, the enquiry committee would see the criteria the college fulfilled in order to get the desired affiliation,” said the official.
VDC’s claims about securing the prerequisite tie-up with Sadar Hospital, Garhwa and whether the district hospital had 100 functional beds at the time of the temporary or permanent affiliation given, would come under scanner.
“The terms of reference also include examining the authenticity of the faculty appointments made in the college. As per the Clause 18 of the Dental Council of India (Miscellaneous Regulations) 2007 framed under section 20 of the Dentist Act, 1948, the appointments of faculty in private dental colleges should be made through proper selection committee as per University Act of the concerned State. The panel would see this as well,” added he.
Besides the Chairman, Garhwa Civil Surgeon cum CMO T Hembrum, Rakesh Kumar, DSW, NPU; Bhuvan Jyoti, Dental Surgeon at RINPAS, Om Prakash, lecturer at RIMS, RR Kishore, Social Science Faculty Dean at NPU are the other members of the committee.
Deputy Registrar of NPU GP Singh has been appointed as Member Secretary.