I remember that despite its small size, NUJS campus too had outsiders coming in at off hrs. Flashing and the rest followed. Thankfully, no assault by outsiders took place. Not too sure about intra-student stuff though since a certain Chairperson of ICC was as bad as the alleged SAU campus warden.

During my time we brought up her record bfr Justice Talukdar. The man had many faults and some may even rightly ascribe the current decline to him as well. But on this ICC Chairperson issue, he promptly had her changed despite protestations and likely the matter went to EC as well.

Ironically that ex ICC head would often claim proximity to a celebrated Cal HC judge (among others in the judiciary) who is slated to be a CJI.

Not sure whether the clean up initiated then due to student complaints has made the campus safer now or the ICC is no longer hushing up or clocking out the complaints. Doubtful that behind-the-back atrocious commentary will ever change. And don't just blame menfolk. The females, including teachers, surpass the men with aplomb.

https://thewire.in/rights/south-asian-univeristy-protesting-students-point-larger-systemic-failure

SAU just like Nalanda Univ were conceived with lofty visions and statements but completely belied the promises made. And these are directly under MEA. I wouldn't single out the NDA because UPA did little to stem the foundational rot.

I use this reference for two things. Firstly, whoever wants us to believe that a regime change here will do great things is deliberately playing mischief. Let's not be headless chickens here as well. SJA superbly did it to us previously.

Secondly, despite far better documentation of institutional lapses etc, SAU students continue to get bulldozed. This doesn't mean that we continue to be nincompoops and play to the tune of the SJA who play second fiddle to JalVayu etc; instead recognise that we should come better prepared and have the tenacity for a long fight.

And in our context, we don't need a student body that is in cahoots with the admin.

What counters does SJA have to these yorkers from NKC?

During his tenure he got grants for the IP centre, a chair endowment from the state govt, MPLAD funds for a building, UGC grants worth 5 cr and a very healthy surplus of Rs 16 cr plus despite massive capital expenditures on buildings, campus wifi, computer purchases, ACs, and rental for second campus. Ofc there is the NAAC rating too.

Where is the deficit and the financial wrongdoing?

Also unlike other campuses in this state, no SH, substance abuse, political violence etc in and around campus. Student elections get done without any hitch. And despite being a state university, everyone gets paid on central scale and that too timely including arrears.

SJA is going to get so creamed in the next EC. Actually it just gave NKC a big shopping list and we all know who will actually benefit from those "FC/EC approved" projects all done for student and academic welfare.

So I read the Justice PN Sinha Inquiry Report. Startling details and it is interesting that Justice Talukdar and NKC never initiated follow up action. I also wonder why the EC has been silent since this inquiry was initiated by Justice Dutta when he was in Cal HC. Now he is in the SC and chancellor's nominee in the EC.

I have no love for NKC. Apparently the SC order was the big trigger for SJA to organise the much debated protests. By that logic the SJA should also do something about those mentioned in the Sinha Report, which actually shows us the evidence of wrongdoing by those named, such as LDG, Navendu etc and also we can track those such as SAK, PIB who allowed the wrongdoers to get away without a scratch. LDG was also involved in slapgate. By SC logic shouldn't she and others mention the Sinha Report and Slapgate inquiries in their CVs? VPa should also similarly mention about the various inquiries against her in the CV as well. Then again NKC cleverly buried all inquiries and SJA did nothing.

Remember Firebrand Professor ranting against CAA on Facebook and claiming that his students are more knowledgeable on constitutional law than Harish Salve? 🥲 This sort of populist rhetoric is how he got students on his side, but in the end he cared only about his own interests.

Why is the SJA railing only against the VC? What about the Registrar. He is the custodian of all records and is required to bring things to the notice of the VC and EC. Not either/or.

Why is the SJA being soft on him? Exactly what was this man doing at IIM-C? Isn't it strange that someone would leave that and come here.

By Jan-Feb we may have a new VC who will come in with her/his own bag of tricks and plans to recoup the RoI to become VC. We cannot control who becomes the VC or even what she/he eventually ends up doing but we can try put guardrails for both SJA and the VC by flushing out the corrupt. Deadwood will continue in some form but the demonstration effect mat cause many to jump ship

Why are you trying to mislead students with SIR, BJP etc? Next you will try to bring in the red, saffron, green into campus. We already have such sympathisers and opportunists in the governing bodies and faculty ranks. And the damage is patent. In the guise of political apparatchiks they wheel and deal their individual profits and we get to pick up the costs.

Best that we concentrate on cleaning our affairs starting with SJA and its loud silence on so many issues as also the inability of the GB to do anything abt it. If we remain doormats, we will get trampled. Also focus on what is actually done and not optics and fancy words. SJA should not be allowed to hoodwink us again.

Planned protests in Nov, ultimatum, laundry list of feckless demands and word salad shouldn't stop us from asking SJA what it intends to do with the upcoming EC and thereafter because this VC will hang on till the very end, which precedent shows is extendable

Apparently an AC meeting took place recently which witnessed some sabre rattling by certain faculty members. Not sure why the SJA cannot ensure that all meeting related documents are not promptly uploaded once the meetings have concluded.

Also the search committee met again . At Hyatt. Again. The shortlist will get placed in the EC for onward transmission to CJI. But it is likely that the CJI designate will be the one taking the decision when he takes over in Nov. Maybe a rabbit trick may happen then.

EC is expected soon. Is the SJA actually prepared to make good on its ill thought ultimatum? NKC will be dealing in papers showing EC/FC approvals etc. That cannot be countered by hearsay, speculations etc.

Regime change narratives have been peddled earlier as well and did zilch. The only successful VC eviction yet had happened under this regime and that too when it gained more seats.

The issue actually is about SJA and its recent history of complicity after NKC settled in. After the GC debacle and hilarious flops with gherao etc, will the SJA now produce the incriminating paperwork or more importantly, did it even have it while making the accusations. Even if those accusations were true and SJA now has the papers, do they actually have the bite or just feckless slanders?

SJA brass have to come clean or get cleaned out. SJA is the weak link.

Firebrand got partial scholarship. Unclear whether he actually took out a loan and it's repayment is the sole reason for the northward shift. Shift also has career implications. Firebrand bro studied here too. Came through NRI quota. Not a disqualification. But a fact that may change the context.

Guys, keep an eye on the SIR developments in Bengal. By hook or by crook, Modi and Shah will try to remove Muslim voters in swing constituencies, whether they are illegal Bangladeshi Muslims or legal Indian Muslims. If they succeed, then Bengal and NUJS will be under a saffron regime, because the TMC cannot win enough seats without Muslim votes.

By Jan-Feb, we will get to know which way the wind will be blowing at NUJS. Of course, some will simply switch affiliations.

The truancy by many teach including some recently promoted professors has provoked the EC to direct that biometric attendance options for faculty and staff should be explored.

But it is also a great way to dish out a juicy tender to WEBEL, which just like the PWD is merely a front for ... Has always been so here and in many other states as well.

Apa acolytes were in Morocco too.

Isn't it strange that despite all the hoopla ever since this SH issue came up or actually from the time NKC took over, all inquiries have been stymied?

VPa had ridiculed the then SJA for raising the issue that univ lacked GST registration and the distance education courses lacking UGC approval had service tax and later GST implications. They even produced an internal document as proof. Later NKC was forced to get the GST registration done.

More recently as with municipal corporation property tax notice, the univ was initially sent a Rs 5 lac or so service tax demand for pre GST violations. Then the univ went to have the same withdrawn and ended up paying Rs 11 lac+.

Why is NKC do reluctant to conduct or allow inquiries and why does the SJA quietly connive with him on this issue as well?

NKC will definitely continue with EC support. Despite the South Kolkata Law College fiasco no meaningful action was initiated against the college Principal and the management committee members who bent rules to allow that monster and his gang to run amok for years. No action against police officers who did nothing about FIRs lodged earlier. Leave alone opposition, even the regime members were not spared. At least two honchos involved there are also present in our AC and GC.

No real action against the Cal U law dean who did nothing bfr and after the monstrous acts got exposed this time. Instead he even tried to detail the inquiry. Sure he was removed from the inquiry but what else? What about his role in dodgy entrance tests and admissions and the BCI affiliation delay? And that man has the gall to personally come to NUJS and hand in application for the VC position. It takes a certain amount of confidence born of tacit political backing to do all this.

NKC stays on or goes, it's gloomy days for NUJS. Either we will get someone like NKC or worse or some messianic fellow who will do the same damage under the cover of discipline, quality and similar chicanery.

There isn't much students can do with this divide and conquer thing. And why blame students only. Just look at how even the faculty treats BScLLB folks. Despite the politeness of the few, they all agree that BScLLB stock have lower CLAT scores etc. Many faculty members even question their access to campus recruitment since their focus should only be in Crime and Forensic tracks and not corporate jobs (going by the actual nomenclature of the BSc track)

Apart from BBA, another track on BA LLB with focus on use of AI for court management and litigation is also in the offing. This is likely the Adjudication track that some judges in the EC and elsewhere want.

Why stop at this firebrand? Another man on fire who may/ not have much sense when it comes to economics of protests and diminishing returns is known to have incurred the wrath of EC when the Exam and Acad depts pursued formal complaints against him at the EC.

Ofc nothing happens without the day so of VC. The more interesting point is what did NKC do after EC initiated an inquiry? Likely it never got done and is used as leverage by NKC.

May explain why the man is (in)famous for street protests (self claimed) but ever absent from protests at NUJS or speaking truth to power (despite tall claims in classrooms and elsewhere).

Some gifted Nobel laureates are also known for these qualities.

Got scholarship abroad and EC approved leave without pay on NKC request. He gave an undertaking (just like others bfr) that he will serve for 5 yrs after his return. Then the princeling did what his ilk do. He negotiated his current position while he was abroad and joined there as a Prof. No one missed him here except his Guru who got OBE

Explain this. Apparently, the state govt or a certain Minister wants NUJS to set up campuses in Asansol and Siliguri but starting with the former although the latter has one of the circuit benches of Cal HC. This Asansol campus or "study centre" has support from certain faculty members too having roots in that area. More recently a young Turk (also an EC member) had accompanied NKC and Registrar for site selection and that's already done.

So PIB tried to get EC approval but got shot down. He got an extension though. Repeat with NKC. But what I don't understand is the need for EC approval. The EC was not even consulted when the NUJS Act was amended by the state govt for domicile quota and a disguised attempt to take NUJS out of CLAT. The then SJA understood it couldn't fight the domicile quota, which had tacit support from HC as well. Hence it chipped away on technicalities and stalled the move as long it could and ultimately stymied the CLATexit.

This means that if the govt is keen it can easily get the Act amended and set up campuses in Asansol, Siliguri and other sites in Bengal. They could all operate on the ISI model or MNLU model or NIFT model etc.

Why then is the govt playing coy and can the SJA realistically and legally cancel moves to open "study centres" elsewhere with new courses such as BBA LLB (Hons)?

No political party in India, Bengal maybe the entire world can claim to have clean hands. Compromise, negotiate and prosper is the mantra they all follow. Some do better than others.

If the saffron tagline of "party with a difference" were actually true then kindly explain the following. I am not giving a clean chit to their so called political rivals.

1. In the last few years 25 rival politicians crossed over and 23 high profile corruption investigations and prosecutions went poof. Just check Maharashtra, Assam and ofc Bengal where Sarada, Rose Valley, Narada and the list goes on. To wail that the state govt is hobbling the venerable (vulnerable) CBI, ED etc is farcical.

2. Leave aside an objective, impartial investigation. How did saffron squander both investigation and prosecution of RG Kar case?

3. A former KP Commissioner and now DGP came under spotlight because of his unusual involvement in Sarada case and it caused a unique brawl with CBI involving the CM. But what has the MHA done till now? Why was the prosecution allowed to falter so openly?

I could just go on. Bottomline, all parties in power follow or exceed their predecessors in corrupt practices and organising the players. It will be no different for NUJS whether regime change happens or not.

However if the students ( just like voters) refuse to be sheep then things may turn out differently. It almost did when PIB got evicted.

Assuming that SJA still harbours good intentions, a lazy thing it can do is initiate and pursue RTI applications against the univ admin. Ofc the RTIs need to be well drafted and ask inconvenient questions.

It will be an interesting litmus test for both the SJA and the univ. Maybe the GB should draft the RTIs and then get the SJA to pursue it. If the SJA fails then heads must roll.

This is hilarious. No joke. Check with faculty or staff. So NUJS had been receiving property tax notices from the local municipal corporation since 2003, basically from the time the campus came up. And since then the univ kept claiming to the FC/EC that the univ should get exemption due to its "govt" status and also because the land was gifted free by WB govt (albeit on a 999 yr lease).

Si successive VCs kept claiming this and the campus supervisor did zilch when he was sent annually to the municipal corporation to sort out the matter. Recently the univ received a demand notice of over a crore including accrued interest and penalty charges on property taxes that remain unpaid. The univ has already paid Rs 18 lacs of the Rs 25 lacs initially demanded. But when more papers were sought from the univ who again raised the claim of exemption, the univ was slapped with Rs 1 cr plus demand.

NKC apparently said that univ is floating on money so it doesn't matter. Apparently the swelling student fees, esp the NRI sponsored ones has created a vast surplus. Rs 16 cr have to be spent by March 2029 to retain IT exempt status. And then FDs worth 40 crores will get broken so that PWD can get more contracts and goodness knows where that trail ends.

All in all, NKC is staying. The teach who misled you will finally get their deals worked out. And the sheep, lamb and headless chickens will get eaten for brekkie, lunch and dinner. Kapish. Happy Christmas in advance.

Absolute rubbish. Prof M was saffron and yet the Reds brought him and he looked the other way when many Reds got recruited as faculty and staff, almost the entire lot of the latter. MPS was GOP but the Reds brought him and gave him a free rein until he famously fell out with a former CJ and famous Grandson. PIB was also a saffron but the Greens did not have any beef with him and facilitated a second extension till the SJA torpedoed the cosy arrangement. NKC was a Red who became multicolored in Odisha but allowed in by Greens who support him because he is honoring the IOUs.

The deep fishes wear only one jersey - opportunism. And their skillsets are valuable to whoever is in power. That's why a a certain teach who had scooted during PIB eviction and whose services were terminated by the EC was given a red carpet welcome by NKC. And the biggest support came from two judges, one each from SC and HC who had joined the EC. Interestingly, the state was split. The ever interested KD wanted the teach in but the LM remained opposed but relented when higher command nudged a reversal.

The "incorruptible" saffron knows all this. Has always known about this teach. But the saffron will actually do nothing and if opportunity comes, it will even appoint him as VC. That deal has already been inked.

Btw, do you really think that Green could have survived and thrived this long without saffron support. Even now. And RGK tell us how all the parties despite televised differences; came together to avoid a Bang/Nepal from happening. Because that may not have stopped at just regime change but a far deeper uprooting of politics and politicians.

The univ funded several foreign trips of NKC and not just one of seminar attendances here and there. The faculty group is actively discussing what tangible benefits came out of NKC trips to multiple campuses in the UK and later Australia. Also what was the role of two AssP, especially the one Companion who reportedly did not have NET at the time of recruitment and is currently doing PhD at univ.

Ofc all these trips had EC/FC stamps after they were undertaken. As they say it is better to seek forgiveness than permission. ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮.

You know what happened. But can you prove it? That's the challenge NKC has thrown to his detractors.

I am reliably informed that there are some FC related papers circulating in the faculty WA group. It shows that NKC spent approx 40 lacs on the Radha Binod Pal conference thing along with Chair inauguration. The Chair was endowed by WB govt, which gave a grant of Rs 1 cr and univ put in Rs 10 lacs. The max bank interest is 7-8% for a yr and NKC ends up blowing Rs 40 lacs, mostly ITC Sonar Bangla although it was pitched to the FC as being done on campus.

The more interesting bit is supposed collaborative research with various institutions. Apparently this list helped with NAAC. If this is collaborative then how much did the each of these collaborating institutions put in? Apparently NKC put in Rs 2.6 cr because CLAT grants require money to be spent on research among other things. But was the FC and EC approval taken because some acolytes were awarded multiple times and between Rs 10-20 lacs per grant. Is NUJS paying for sunk costs while NKC & Co gets rewarded with cream later when somebody goes for share market. This much law is sikho.

Oct 16 is drawing near. Is SJA better prepared or bad mein dekha jayega after consulting jalvayu?

Prestige can take a hike. Student fees is the honey pot that is used to traffic in IOUs and a fav method is to dish it out via multiple state PWD and drest dept contracts all rubber stamped by various committees. Previously, it was assumed that getting the SJA inside will act as a check. But last couple if years has shown how the SJA can be hollowed out by conniving insiders and instead get tooled by the admin and faculty factions.

For now the SJA cabal should be thrown out and it should get restructured in a way that another cabal doesn't get incentivised to sabotage studen interests. And every dime that students give or the univ receives should get tracked in real time. But for all this and more a vigilant GB needs to be present and sustained.

Pipe dreams I guess. Hence smooth sailing for NKC and his partners in crime at SJA.

Yup. Also he did a similar thing during PIB eviction. Despite student protests in 2016, PIB got a second term with the help of a former Chancellor who attended EC on a stretcher! No joke. Ask any staff, faculty. So this princeling thought that there is no downside to leading students astray when the rumblings of protest began again in 2017. Also he had been freshly made an AssP in a controversial faculty recruitment. NKC subsequently buried that inquiry because it also involved some of his Horsemen.

The fiery princeling later tried to stain the SJA with political colours offering both SFI and ABVP contacts (the latter courtesy his then guru who is a recently promoted Prof). SJA saw through both these chameleons and their charlatans faculty and staff allies and decided to maintain distance. This was galling for the guru and his then good friend who were not only faculty advisors of SJA but also actually believed that their alum status meant a free ride on students. Anyway SJA acted independently and they got a earful from the Four Horsemen of PIB who now swirl around NKC.

The fiery princeling saw the writing on the wall as did some others as well who scooted as soon their rides got organised. But some stayed on and continue playing double or triple agents for the powers that be while misleading students.

You guys are all missing the woods for the trees. The real development to watch will be the 2026 Bengal elections. That will determine the future of NUJS, for better or worse. And while certain people at NUJS might change affiliations overnight should the TMC lose, the real big fish are too deep in it to be accepted by the other side. They will be lucky to avoid prison term, if the new rulers get vindictive and target the big fish.

A young ex-NUJS prof, now teaching elsewhere, was an acolyte of NKC and also a TMC supporter. His support probably had less to do with ideology and more to do with this selfish motive of obtaining helpful references and scholarships abroad, but the consequence was that this teacher brainwashed students(many of whom have now graduated) into supporting NKC. Now those students realise they were conned.

Bottom line: Don’t support agendas of teachers. Just fight for the institution’s prestige and better facilities for students.

Your insider sourced info and potential outcomes of the upcoming EC sounds plausible and cannot be dismissed in the way GC fobbed off the SJA and its flimsy claims. But I don't understand why NKC didn't bring these up in the interviews hr arranged with IE, TT and BB? There are strong hints of his confidence though and ofc dog whistling threats.

Maybe he is biding time to deliver the KOs to SJA and a section of the faculty on Oct 16. Once the EC let's him continue, which looks highly likely, the complicit SJA will do little. It lost the plot way back and since then never bothered to get its own house in order.

Students are sheep anyway. Give them a new variety of grass, and they will chomp away. Both SJA and NKC know this.

IIM Calcutta recently spilled it's can of worms and one apparently slid in here. Just check the media reporting. All of that happened under another messianic saviour who was foreign educated, urbane, a former IIM product etc. All the right bells and whistles who forgot to blow the whistle on the festering mess.

And it really doesn't matter which place is apparently cleaner or more hollowed out than us. Our fees and engagement in this univ demands a certain min standard. Anything better is always welcome and desirable. But the min needs to be there, sustained and raised. That has been sliding since PIB took over and yes, students must also share the blame.

Getting so called strict or disciplinarian teachers aren't silver bullets. Certainly we can start with stemming the rot at the top and the swirling cabal of maggots. And there isn't inherently virtuous in being NLU or foreign educated. Atrociously illiberal things can be perpetuated through the liberal.

Slander cannot be endgame. All this will not fly with the EC on Oct 16. NKC came here because the powers that be ordained so and will stay on as long they deem so. Past is instructive that extensions can get extended. Unless you or whatever you supply to SJA has an actual bite, dream on.

Also if I can have you in the present, can you please explain why there is no paperwork supporting the SJA claim of Rs 7cr deficit allegedly caused by the financial mismanagement of NKC?

Equally important why was no inquiry conducted or action taken against the teach who almost caused the univ to get blacklisted by the NCGC? And what about other EC inquiries against her?

I was in NALSAR when the VS thing blew up. And an inquiry did take place. I never saw the report because students are never given one by the admin. But I was told that LI somehow got a copy and did an extensive series. Following this inquiry, which three up several names, including VCV, another inquiry was initiated which was led by the then state bar council president or some honch, who later became a CJ somewhere. So it is untrue that an inquiry never took place. AD made sure that VS wouldn't have an untainted exit.

And what did those guts achieve? JNU is now packed with folks you don't like, rightly or wrongly, in positions of influence, including the VC. And JU is is a terrible flux and this too shall fall. It already has a 90% domicile and state for political reasons did not allow it to secure IoE status while simultaneously reducing funding.

Kindly take your poorly disguised political spiel elsewhere. The apolitical student association has had a good run this far at NUJS. Yes, we should all throw out the current lot at SJA for misleading us. And now if this 16 cr surplus instead of a 7cr deficit as claimed by SJA without docu evidence is true, then this SJA should be disbanded.

If LI keeps the archive links alive then you will find an article on an inquiry by judges at NALSAR. It wasn't a one off story but series. It eventually led to multiple departures from Hyd. I said VCV name had cropped up but Hyd did not go deeper unlike say what PIB had to do under pressure. AT NUJS, the Justice Mathur inquiry did not take names but concluded that financial lapses had taken place. But it was the subsequent Cal HC appointment Justice Sinha inquiry that went deeper and took names.

" relevancy on the global stage"!!! "rising star with potential to give the best in class a hard time" !!! what are you guys smoking? granted that NUJS does get a lot of, I mean a lot of law firm placements. but apart from that its nothing. there isn't one single prof. there who is known anywhere on the global stage. and you have some rather particular chaps who write and their works are up on the internet for the world to see. sorry to break your illusions, but universities are known on the global stage for its research output. NUJS has some jokers masquerading as professors.

For those who don't know, the SJA was well aware of the report in the Telegraph about NKC's deeds at CU. The SJA did nothing because they are hesitant to take on the TMC government head-on, even in cases of patent illegality. They lack the guts of the students at JNU or Jadavpur.

Here is another scoop. Not sure if the SJA will come clean. But insider account, if true, explains why SJA piped down after the ridiculous protests.

The current batch of students owed over Rs 1.3 crores in pending hostel or mess dues. NKC has offered to raise the scholarship corpus while also installing AC systems in both the hostels for nearly Rs 4 crores. The PWD has already been awarded more than Rs 6 crores of contracts apart from the vertical extension of the academic block which will get extra set of elevators for an extra Rs 50 lacs. Reimbursement of moot court registration monies etc. Higher outlay for SJA and diluted scrutiny of advances made etc. Registrar will be the nodal point for most matters of SJA. Btw, the so called Rs 7 cr deficit is all fiction. The univ is floating on at least 16 crores of surplus and there is time more in reserves. All this will get highlighted in the EC on Oct 16.

SJA knows this. Hence to keep the sheep (that's us) grazing it issued hollowed ultimatum. But when the time comes, it would claim that student interests were upheld in its "strenuous negotiations" with NKC and therefore no more NKC eviction. Also if the EC wants NKC to stay on till Dec 31 or another extension thereafter what can the SJA do?

Now that you know what spiel is coming, choose wisely.

Why are you being cryptic? What are those skeletons? An old Kian reporting (very well done) on an inquiry done by serving and retired Andhra HC judges at NALSAR during VS regime had mentioned VCV in connection with distance education courses that did not have the necessary approvals. VCV never took up a position at Hyd since then. At HNLU there are contested versions of what he supposedly did or didn't when an alleged aggravated rape took place.

If you know of sticky stuff, kindly disclose.

SJA protested this time apparently at the instigation of some faculty members of allegations by NKC in BB interview hold true. And what have those protests achieved, that included a farcical gherao? The VC had a chummy all nighter with his own. He turned it around to his advantage ( just wait for the new SC order) and will be waltzing in the EC meeting on Oct 16. SJA ultimatum of Oct 31 and other juvenile plans will come and go. The SJA deliberately ceded the vantage positions its predecessors had eked out. It needn't be fixed in a sniping position. But remain vigilant and not become a willing tool of a corrupt admin. The SJA must go now for failing to lead with evidence against NKC.

AC composition is set by the Act, which was conceived and drafted by Dr M. Ofc he should have known from his NLS experience that Prof numbers will go up and flood the AC but he probably knew he wouldn't stick around till then.

Two things must change. The SJA and far reaching changes in WBNUJS Act. The latter is structured to be VC centric while students get treated like lambs ready for.....

Direct your questions to the search committee, the EC and then the CJI. You could do the same for PIB as well. The point isn't about a contested past (NKC apparently won a case in Cal HC and his lawyer then was a former law minister and father of JA). The reason NKC could send the univ down a corrupt path is because SJA wasn't vigilant and instead cutting deals. But why blame SJA? What did we do when SJA was being complicit and even now? Has SJA suffered any meaningful consequences?

Why not RTI for a copy of the inquiry report? And while you are at it and mining the web, why not RTI the univ for copies of Procurement, Work, Building, IT committees minutes and agenda notes.? Also the univ hasn't been honest with uploads of FC, EC, AC records. The links draw blank on several FC minutes. And agenda notes are missing for the entire NKC period. Our alums had extracted 19 years of agenda notes and minutes of all EC, FC and GC minutes. What stopped our dear SJA folks to continue down that road and noy become conniving fellow travellers of NKC.

Difference between failing upwards, Indian and western styles:

India (NKC): A guy fakes his CV but becomes the leader of the equivalent (in law terms, for India) of an ivy league university, decreasing the university's relevancy on the global stage from a status of "rising star with potential to give the best in class a hard time" to "local college that can be dismissed out of hand".

Western style: Minouche Shafik, a person who, despite lots of privilege, has many genuine accomplishments to her name, becomes VC of LSE (after a stint as a Deputy Governor of the British central bank, the Bank of England). Makes a right little mess of handling teachers' strikes at LSE and fails upwards (or perhaps sideways? difficult to say) to Columbia, where she messes up handling of protests in such a way as to make both the pro-Israel and anti-Israel camps angry.

I rest my case.

look at the Academic council of NUJS. Bulk of them are insiders :https://www.nujs.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AC_new.pdf

barring SKD and Sinha the rest of the outsiders are are people who are hardly known.

may be the deteriorating academic standards are a product of the quality of insiders the place has.

How did he become a VC in a NLU after these allegations? Clearly he had support and political patronage and managed to hide and suppress all kinds of allegations .

Merit and scholarship has taken a back seat at NUJS ,the incumbent Vc has managed to bring it to the levels of a Hazra Law College of the 80-90s or Law Department of Burdawan University or a KIIT Law school or even perhaps a Hoogly Mohsin College.

From the hey days of Menon, Chimni and Singh to this.Its really regrettable.IIM Calcutta has never got influenced or pressured by the local State Govt or any other entities.NLUs should start looking at how IITs or IIMs are run and accordingly choose a managing model where there will be a better interface between industry and academic sans politics and people who have political agendas.

Calcutta University, following complaints by students, has chargesheeted two teachers of the law department for coaching students privately. The authorities have also accused one of the teachers of furnishing false information about his career during appointment.

Recently, the authorities had chargesheeted the two teachers ? Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty and S.S. Chatterjee.

?I have not yet received any chargesheet. Naturally, I will not say anything about the so-called charges,? Chakraborty told Metro on Tuesday.

The inquiry committee also found that Chakraborty, in securing a job at the university, had given false statements regarding his stint at Hooghly Mohsin College.

A member of the Syndicate said Chakraborty had stated in his application that he had been a full-time teacher at the college. ?But inquiry revealed his statement to be absolutely false. His appointment was ad hoc and he was not a permanent teacher there.?

Chakraborty was appointed in the university?s law department in 1997. Next year, he was promoted to the post of reader and in 2003, he became the head of the department.

The university?s chargesheet against Chakraborty asked him to explain why he had misled the authorities by making false statements regarding his previous employment.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/private-tuition-slap-for-two-university-teachers/cid/1119477

Well, well, well… 😊

So how was he appointed VC in the first place?