By Nikhat Fatima, TwoCircles.net
Hyderabad: Firoz Bakht Ahmed, newly appointed Chancellor of MANUU ((Maulana Azad National Urdu University) has stated to the media and also on his Facebook page that Vice Chancellor, Dr. Aslam Parvaiz has restricted his entry in the MANUU campus. The reason, Bakht says is that the VC does not like the reforms initiated by him.
Firoz Bakht claims that the university is in a very sorry state and badly needs reformations in not one but many aspects. And accordingly, Bakht in the capacity of the Chancellor had tried to initiate setting up of “Maulana Azad Center for Composite Culture and Progressive Studies”, “Model Madrasa”, “Center for Empowerment of Muslim Women”, “Course for the Development of Legal Vocabulary and Legal Consciousness in Urdu” and constructive seminars on a variety of topics.
But, says the Chancellor, Parvaiz did not like these reforms and tried to create hurdles in his path.
Taking serious note of this rude behavior on the part of the VC, Firoz Bakht Ahmed wrote a letter to Parvaiz reprimanding him and reminding him that as chancellor he has unlimited powers whereas, he, the vice chancellor has limitations and hence has no authority to stop him from entering the Urdu university or making any reform that is for the betterment of the students.
The chancellor has also marked copies of this letter to the Hon’ble President of India, the prime minister, HRD minster, the UGC and the registrar of MANUU.
In his letter he has also mentioned the various incidents in which the vice chancellor has allegedly been rude and even sent threatening SMS to him on his phone. He has gone on to state that the VC might well be having a hidden agenda in stopping the visit of the chancellor. Firoz Bakht also alleged that the VC has changed the prestigious Urdu university into his personal fiefdom.
Atyab Siddiqui, an eminent legal expert in the field of university, former chief legal adviser of Jamia Millia Islamia and author, “Law of Education” expressed his dismay and surprise at the myopic interpretation of the duties of the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor. According to him, the Chancellor is the statutory head and the guardian of a university. He is all powerful and the VC is subservient to him.
When TwoCircles.net contacted Dr. Parvaiz, he responded simply, “I am sorry I do not believe in taking internal issues to the media while all Central Universities have proper Redressal mechanism even for Chancellor. Hence I have no comments to offer for public consumptions”.