The
Berhampur University (BU) has decided to conduct a series of memorial lectures
in the days ahead in memory of great luminaries and sons of southern Odisha,
who have had immense contributions in different fields and disciplines such as
education, art and culture, freedom struggle and language and literature for an
overall growth and development of this region.
The
decision was taken by the University Syndicate at its meeting held on Monday
under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Deepak Behera. This was the
first syndicate meeting after Prof Behera took over as the Vice-Chancellor. On
the other hand, tension prevailed in the university campus on Monday after the
removal of a poster by some miscreants which was displayed by a student group
welcoming freshers to the campus. A similar incident had also taken place on
Friday night when a welcome poster for new entrants fixed another student group
was removed by some miscreants, reportedly the rival group, for which a
complaint has been lodged at the Bhanja Vihar police outpost.
On
Sunday night, a Linguistics student, Bhavanikanta Sahu, had pated the poster on
the wall which was burnt by some miscreants of rival group giving rise to
tension in the campus. While some faculty members cite the forthcoming
students’ union elections as the reason for such mischief so as to remain in
limelight, another group of faculty members and staff including local
intellectuals, however, feel that some elements who were close to the previous
administrative regime are trying to destabilise the current administration to
settle scores for their vested interests.
According
to sources, bills worth lakhs of rupees spent under different heads such as
repair and renovation, construction and purchases for university auditorium,
guesthouse and VC’s quarter, etc., during the previous regime without following
standard accounts procedure are being pushed to the present regime for
post-facto approval but are reportedly being disapproved. There is a public
perception that such accounts should be checked through AG audit. Source: The
Pioneer
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