Friday, October 30, 2009

Revamp RGUHS, governor tells govt

Miffed by the spate of scams in the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), governor T N Chaturvedi has sought a complete revamp of the functioning of the university.

Chaturvedi, also chancellor of universities, has not only sought a periodical review of the functioning, but also wants the statutes and rules governing the university to be amended to improve functioning.

The state government has now constituted a committee, headed by former RGUHS V-C S Chandrasekhara Shetty, to examine the present structural set-up of the university.

The committee, constituted last week, will suggest amendments to the provisions of the existing Act and recommend inclusion of new provisions. It will also recommend the setting up of a review commission to study the functioning of the university periodically.

The other members of the committee are C M Gurumurthy, former special officer for establishment of RGUHS, Dr K S Nagesh, principal RV dental college, Dr K P Puttaraya, consultant R&D (RGUHS) and S R Kanakaraj, former university registrar.

The panel has been asked to submit its report within three months. In his letter to the government, the chancellor said: Section 71 of the Karnataka State Universities Act 2000 provides for appointment of a review commission into the working of the university.

There is no such provision in respect of other universities, hence it has not been possible to review their functioning.

Since there have been a number of petitions regarding malpractices in some of the universities, it is necessary to have a review commission comprising administrative and academic experts in respect of RGUHS.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Admission tangle ends, students rejoice

In a significant verdict that will have far-reaching implications on the status of deemed universities, the high court has held these universities are bound by University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines with respect to admissions as they have statutory force. With this path-breaking judgment, the 32 students caught in an admission tangle can heave a sigh of relief, what with barely 24 hours left for admissions to close.

"Having acquired the status of a deemed university -- after giving an undertaking and signing an MoU that they would surrender 25% of seats to the state government when obtaining an NOC -- they cannot contend that those conditions on which they were accorded recognition are bad in law and cannot be enforced. They cannot take a U-turn and challenge the very same undertaking as well as the UGC Act's regulations, which had given them deemed status. According to UGC guidelines, the institution should follow the state policy," the special Bench comprising Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice K Bhakthavatsala observed, after quoting and analyzing various apex court judgments, including the Inamdar case, in their order.

Nitte not yet a university

"As per records made available, Nitte is not yet disaffiliated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science (RGUHS). They are not yet a university. They are only a private professional college. They are governed by Rule 2(l), relating to government seats. All such colleges are governed by consensual agreement on seat sharing. The prayer in their petition is untenable. It is luxurious litigation," the Bench strongly observed while dismissing the petitions filed by both the Universities

The court held that all excess admissions made by the two medical colleges run by Nitte and Yenepoya Universities are bad in law. The court also directed the two institutions to make over the excess admissions of this year above their 75-seat management quota to the KEA quota for the year 2010-11. As per these, 13 seats in Nitte and five in Yenepoya would now go to the state government.

Meanwhile the three-judge Bench of the apex court headed by Justice B N Agarwal will hear the SLPs filed by MCI and Nitte Universities against the August 19 interim order passed by the high court on Wednesday. On September 2, the Bench had stayed the HC's earlier order.

The MCI has alleged that the Karnataka high court's order was nothing but allowing excess admission, which is not permissible as per various orders, passed by the apex court.

On August 19, the high court had directed the KEA to accommodate all students including the 47 allottees who were turned away by the two deemed universities.

Both universities contended that as per the guidelines, the NOC they obtained had no value or bearing and it is the central government which is the competent authority in the matter.

However, the state government had told the court that these two colleges had voluntarily surrendered 25% of their quota while seeking an NOC and have made made admissions in both UG and PG categories.

Apart from this, these two colleges also have been notified in the February 5 notification regarding CET.

It was no classroom

They were waiting for weeks together. On Tuesday, some of the students were in the court right from 11.30 am, anxiously waiting for the judgment. When the dictating order process started, the tension ran high. It was about 5 pm in the evening when the court ultimately passed an order in their favour; and they couldn't hide their glee. They clapped with relief. But the division Bench didn't appreciate it. "Is this a classroom?" asked Justice V Gopala Gowda, and it was followed by pin-drop silence.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

HC okays CoD inquiry against KPTCL official

The High Court on Wednesday upheld the government’s decision to conduct a CoD inquiry into the alleged irregularities by K P Champakadhama Swamy, executive director of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) Employees Co-operative society.


Disposing a petition filed by Swamy, Justice Anandabyrareddy handed over the case to CoD. The court directed CoD to submit the report to the court rather than to the government. On October 28, 2006, the registrar of co-operative societies had found Swamy guilty of the irregularities. In 2007, the High Grounds police had refused to register a complaint against Swamy as it was civil in nature. On February 1, 2008, the government directed the CoD to inquire into the matter.

CBI told to submit records The High Court has directed the CBI to submit the list of documents, statement of witnesses and list of evidences against former minister Krishnaiah Setty, who is facing charges of defrauding State Bank of Mysore (SBM) by availing a housing loan.

While hearing a criminal petition filed by Setty, Justice Subhash B Adi directed the CBI to submit relevant records pertaining to the former minister’s involvement in the cheating case.

Meanwhile, the counsel appearing for SBM submitted that the manager of the Gandhinagar branch of the bank had no powers to sanction housing loans above a limit of Rs 4 lakh.

The court adjourned the hearing to Thursday.

RGUHS asked to announce student’s results The High Court has directed the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science (RGUHS) to announce the results of the final year exams of BDS student Karthikeyan Gokul Chandran, son of a senior IPS officer.

The petitioner told the court that on September 1, the governor had directed RGUHS to conduct re-examination for the petitioner, both in practical and viva, and had asked it to submit a report.

But the university had not announced the results after the exams.

HC extends interim order in Maverick case The High Court has extended the interim order directing BBMP not to precipitate the matter regarding construction of quarters for economically weaker sections at Ejipura in Bangalore.

While hearing a petition by Akruthi Nirman, a Mumbai-based company, Justice Venugopala Gowda extended the interim order regarding construction of the quarters.

The government had allotted the tender contract to Maverick Holdings Limited to construct the quarters.

However, Akruthi Nirman had challenged the same.

Monday, August 17, 2009

RGUHS to set up cancer detection cells across State

In an earnest effort to screen cancer patients, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will set up Cancer Detection Cells (CDCs) across the State in a phased manner.

Aimed at making facilities available to cancer patients in North Karnataka, RGUHS will begin its community centred programme with two medical colleges.

The CDCs will be the outlet to screen patients for the different types of cancer. For the same, the medical and non medical staff will be trained which will be followed by treatment at the recognised hospitals for cancer treatment. As the first phase of the project, Basaveshwara Medical College in Bagalkot and Navodaya Medical College in Raichur will have a CDC each, said Dr S Ramanand Shetty, Vice Chancellor, RGUHS. He said, “Two meetings have been conducted and two circulars have been sent to various medical colleges regarding CDCs”.

Treatment too
Explaining the functionalities of CDCs, Dr Ramanand said, “These Cells will screen, diagnose, investigate the cancer patients. Following this, the appropriate treatment for cancer patients will be given and the same will be linked to various institutions too”.

The other institutions consists of private and government hospitals, where the expertise of the institutions will be used for diagnosis and treatment of out patients.

“Each year more than eight lakhs new cancer patients are detected and registered. Of these only about 30 percent survive and the reason for the high mortality rate is the late detection of cancer,” Dr Ramanand pointed out. In Karnataka largest number of people are affected by oral cancer, head and neck, followed by breast and cervical cancer.

“North Karnataka has a significant number of cancer patients. Hence there is a need to train non medical staff who will be able to screen patients in the remote areas of the State. These patients will then be diagnosed at the hospitals and and then appropriate treatment will be given at the recognised cancer centers” he added.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

MBBS Final Year July 2009 [RS2] Results Announced

The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences has announced the results of MBBS Final Year Part 2 [4th Year] RS2 June/July examinations. They are now available on RGUHS website

Click here to check MBBS Final Year Part 2 [4th Year] RS Results

RGUHS election

The election to the Senate of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) from the constituency of Professors and teachers other than professors is scheduled on September 7. According to a RGUHS release, the last date for filing nomination is August 21. The polling will be held in 33 centres across the State. For details, log on to www.rguhs.ac.in, the release added.

Friday, August 14, 2009

MBBS Final Year July 2009 [RS] Results Announced

The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences has announced the results of MBBS Final Year Part 2 [4th Year] RS June/July examinations. They are now available on RGUHS website

Click here to check MBBS Final Year Part 2 [4th Year] RS Results

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