Rourkela, Aug 6: After the recommendation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the President of India has dismissed the Chairperson of Board of Governors (BoG) of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT-R), Vasantha Ramaswamy.
Ramaswamy had refused to tender her resignation even as former NIT-R director Prof SK Sarangi had put in his papers, as per the direction of the MHRD in the last week of April. However, the MHRD asked for simultaneous resignation from the two in April 2016 and had sent them to the President’s approval.
Finding no solution to the administrative conflicts between Sarangi and Ramaswamy, the HRD Secretary, VS Oberoi in a meeting with the Director and Chairperson at New Delhi had instructed the two to resign in the larger interests of the institute.
According to sources, the Chairperson had tried to impose her own rules, explaining that the BoG’s power is more than the Director.
On the other hand, Sarangi had justified his action by saying that he is abiding by the NIT Act in discharging his duties and being the Chief Executive Officer of the institute makes him responsible for all administrative duties.
Notably, the conflict between the two over controlling administrative issues was continuing since January 2015.
