Government ensuring best infra for JNTU, says new V-C
The Hindu
Will take steps to improve academic standards at all affiliated colleges, he says
JNTU-Kakinada Vice-Chancellor G.V.R .Prasada Rao who formally took charge as Vice-Chancellor of JNTU-Gurujada Vizianagaram on Thursday said that the State government was giving utmost priority to providing state-of-the-art infrastructure for the new university.
Addressing a meeting here, he asked both teaching and non-teaching staff to strive hard to meet the expectations of the government and enhance the image of JNTU-GV.
He said that the new university would take all steps to improve academic standards in all affiliated colleges in accordance with AICTE norms and guidelines. JNTU-GV Registrar G. Swami Naidu and University Colleges’ Principal K. Srikumar attended the meeting.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.