Nagpur: Nagpur University Administration on Thursday tried to mislead members on the issue of changing the name of the Humanities Department on campus.
When this problem was raised by Near Prashant, the administration led by VC, PRO-VC and the Registrar clarified that the department had not been renamed.
During the management council meeting on January 29, the former Humanities Dean Nirmal Kumar Singh had proposed to rename the department at the famous trade union leader and RSS Ideologue Dattopt BYGDI to mark the birth centenary.
It was also reported by TOI the next day.
Senior members at that time Rajesh Bhoyar had warned not to set such precedents that would harm in the future.
However, the proposal was later authorized with the majority in the pretext that it would be an honor for historical institutions that would celebrate a hundred years in two years.
Many student organizations opposed the university’s move at that time.
Near last year has submitted a proposal to change the name of the same department as Babasaheb Ambedkar Center anthropology research ‘.
Then it was sent to the Management Board, which suggested the Committee Constitution to frame modalities to rename the NU Department during the April 16 meeting, the government told him that there were no rules like now to change the name of the department on popular personality.
NU ‘Misleads’ Member About Changing the Name of Humanities Dept.
