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No progress in probe into alleged violation of norms in Ph.D admission of former SFI leader

The probe into the alleged irregularities and violations of norms in the admission of K. Vidya, former Students’ Federation of India (SFI) leader, into the Ph.D programme at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit has come to a standstill.

The Syndicate sub-committee on legal affairs has held only two sittings after it was constituted by the Vice-Chancellor on June 9 following allegations that the accused in the fake certificate row had secured admission into the Ph.D programme in Malayalam department in violation of norms.

The committee has not collected statements from anyone till date. It has not issued notices to those associated with the admission process. The panel has also not asked candidates who had alleged irregularities in the Ph.D admission to appear before it.

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