Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Science (BANISS) Mhow is once again in limelight for the mismanagement as one of the PhD scholars has alleged mental harassment against one of the faculty and forcing her to attempt to suicide.
According to the information the research scholar was so much harassed by the faculty of the institute that she locked herself in her hostel room and bid good bye to her relatives over phone. The relatives rang up to her friends in the hostel who immediately rushed to her room and forcefully got the door opened.
The scholar is Durga Banskar who is doing PhD in geography, she alleged that her co-guide Manisha Saxena is regularly troubling her for one or the other reason and forcing her to do some non academic works and demanded money from her till now she has taken more than Rs 15000 and she is demanding Rs 2000 per day. And if she doesn’t pay the amount she will not get her PhD complete.
last year also M Phil and PhD students have given a memorandum to the Chief Minister for the mismanagement in the Institute when he landed at the helipad at the Ambedkar institute.
locals alleged that mismanagement has increased during the period of director general RN Berwa as he doesn’t give ear to the problems of students and frequently travel between Mhow and Bhopal to his native place spending a big amount of institute budget on travelling.
locals demanded that Video cameras and thumb impression machine should be installed in the institute to check the regular presence of director general, professors, employees and students which should be directly connected to governor office.
Vice chancellor of Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya Indore Prof DP Singh has set up a enquiry committee to probe the complaint of girl which has visited the Ambedkar institute and recorded the statement of Berwa, professors and students of the institute. Sources said that Berwa deliberately overlook any complaint against professor Manisha Saxena.
A complaint of corruption in Ambedkar institute has also been sent to lokaukta police for consideration.
Government of MP gives around 4 crore yearly as aid to the Ambedkar institute .