AICTE chairman reaches NIT Hamirpur for conducting inquiry against former director

Jalandhar NIT director Professor Lalit Awasthy has been given additional charge as Hamirpur NIT director. Prof Sahasrabudhe, chairperson AICTE held talks with the staff after his arrival here.

The working of Prof Yadava had been under a cloud since he took over as the director of the institute, especially with regard to the appointment of new faculty members and other related issues. The matter took a political turn after local MLA Rajinder Rana of the Congress highlighted the anomalies in the functioning of the former director and accused the ruling BJP of helping Prof Yadava.

Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur had also met Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’ and sought his intervention in the issue. Meanwhile, Rana told PTI on Tuesday that he had already submitted proofs of his allegations to the HRD ministry. He also reiterated his demand for a CBI probe in the matter as he claimed that the anomalies were of a serious nature.