BBMKU principal transfer: Raj Bhawan’s stay on VC order triggers row

Raj Bhawan's stay on the Vice-Chancellor's (VC) order to transfer the principal of SSLNT Women's College Dhanbad has sparked a row in universities across the state.

Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University (BBMKU) Dhanbad Vice-Chancellor Dr Sukhdeo Bhoi on July 6 transferred SSLNT Women’s College Principal Dr Sharmila Rani to BSK College Maithon and appointed Dr in her place. AK Maji is the main responsible.

Dr. However, Sharmila Rani refused to entrust Dr. Majim and sent a representation to the Raj Bhawan against the VC's order. The university, shaken by the headmaster's defiant attitude, seized her financial power and slapped her.

The high-voltage drama unfolded at SSLNT College on Friday (July 14). Acting Director Dr Maji took charge during the day but late in the evening the Raj Bhawan office stopped the transfer of Dr. Sharmila Rani.

Sources in the higher education department said that this is not the first time that the current regime of the Raj Bhawan office has waived the VC's order. The intervention of the Raj Bhawan office has also made the principal chair of Chatra College a musical chair.

When Dr. Mukul Narayan Dev by the Vice-Chancellor of Vinoba Bhave University (VBU) Hazaribagh, the purported order of the Raj Bhawan office states that he has dismissed the senior-most professor Dr. Ramanuj Pandey from the post of Principal of Chatra College and installed him. Assistant Professor Dr. RP Roy.

But Dr. Mukul Narayan Dev has completed his tenure and Dr Ajit Kumar Sinha, VC of Ranchi University, has taken over as VBU VC. He took serious notice of the violation of seniority in Chatra College and reappointed Dr. Pandey as Principal. However, 15 days ago Dr. Roy was reappointed as chief executive allegedly under pressure from the Raj Bhawan office.

Current and retired senior professors from Jharkhand universities said that such a thing never happened even in the Bihar regime.