Associate Professor sentenced to three years in jail
The Hindu
III Additional District Sessions Judge B.B. Jakati on Friday sentenced Anita Ravishankar, Associate Professor in Mangalore University’s Sociology Department, to three years imprisonment on finding her
III Additional District Sessions Judge B.B. Jakati on Friday sentenced Anita Ravishankar, Associate Professor in Mangalore University’s Sociology Department, to three years imprisonment on finding her guilty of accepting ₹5,000 from a Ph.d student. According to the charge-sheet filed by Lokayukta Police, Ms. Ravishankar was the guide for Prema D’Souza and three other students for doctoral research on “Domestic Violence against women in Mangaluru” in 2011-12. Ms. Ravishankar took ₹14,000 from each of the four students saying that it was the expenses for an external examiner coming from Mysuru for evaluation of research document. She further asked each one of them to pay ₹16,800. While the remaining three students paid the money, Ms. D’souza, instead, filed a complaint with the Lokayukta Police.More Related News
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