Former Backward Classes Commission chairperson C S Dwarakanath, on Wednesday, alleged that the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, had indulged in malpractices while appointing several teaching and research staff.
Addressing a press conference here, Dwarakanath said his allegations were based on information and documents retrieved through provisions of the Right to Information Act. “An attitude of favouritism in the university’s administration has left many eligible academicians bereft, while the less deserving candidates have been appointed in senior posts. It is clear money has played a role in that recruitments,” he said.
He cited examples of how the university overlooked candidates faking their academic credentials, how eligibility criteria were tweaked and were demoted more than 50 faculty members.
Rubbishing these allegations, UAS Vice-Chancellor K Narayana Gowda said: “We have maintained transparency in all appointments and everything is as per order. I don’t know why people are wasting time over this. It is not worthy to make such baseless allegations against a university of national repute.”