President Droupadi Murmu, In Her Capacity As Visitor of the IIMS, has launched an Inquiry Into “misappropriation of public funds” at Iim Rohtak in the Tenure of ITS Current Director Dheraj SharmaIncluding the use of “manipulated figures” to pay “Huge Amounts” of variable salary to him.
With Sharma under scrutiny for allegly misrepresenting His Educational Qualifications To Secure His Initial Term As Iim Rohtak Director in 2017, The Institute’s “Failure” to send Sharma’s Degree Certificate to the Ministry of Education will be proded, accorded to an Education Mr. 5.
Separately, The Punjab and Haryana High Court, which hearing a plea against sharma’s first appointment over allegations that He did not meet the education for the post, Freday Reservation its Final Order.
In its order, the ministry said the probe against iim Rohtak and Director Sharma will be conducted by iim Mumbai director, Professor Manoj Tiwari, as the Inquiry Officer. Tiwari is to submit his report with three months.
This is the first Such action after amendments to the IIM ACT in 2023 surw of the education ministry control over the iims. The Indian Express had first reported on february 24 that centre had south the president’s approval for Such an inquiry.
According to the ministry, the inquiry has been launched based on an earler prob by its principal chief controller of accounts, which had found “Serious irregularities and GRAVE MISAPROPROPIATION OF PUNIM. Rohtak “.
This, according to the order, included: “Wrongfully inflating the financial health Of iim rohtak, for the years from 2018-19 onwards; Violating General Financial Rules 2017 In Managing The Finance of the Institute; And procuring and gifting mobile phones and other inducements to unnamed persons. “
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The institute, as reported by the Indian express earllier, has maintained that variable pay to sharma was given as per the iim act and Paid only after Iim Rootak’s under the regulations under the IIM ACT and RULES NOTIFIED.
The ministry’s order said it had “repeatedly sought” Sharma’s Degree Certificate During his first term as director, but it was not sent by Iim Rohtak “till the fag end” of the comment. Sharma First Served as iim Rohtak Director from 2017 to 2022. He was reappointed in the same year and his current term is set to end in 2027.
According to the order, the Inquiry will look into the “omission/commission of acts” with Respect to the “irregularities” mention “mention” mention the method of storing and verifying the deficiency of the direst. Faculty at iim Rohtak, and the procedure followed in “sending/withholding replies” including queries raised by the ministry of education.
The Inquiry comes almost three years after the ministry first told the punab and haryana HC in 2022 that Sharma Had allegly “misrepresented” his credentials, leding to his illegal appointment. According to the ministry, a first-class bachelor’s degree was necessary for appointment as director, but Sharma had a second division at undergraduate level.
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On Friday, as the HC heard a plea by one amitava chaudhary, additional solicitor general (asg) Satya Pal Jain, appeared for the centre, repeated the allegations against Said and Said he had ” And the court. The asg told the court that Sharma had “concealed the fact that he has a second-class degree, making him ineligible as per the advertisement’s criteria”.
Sharma’s Counsel Contended That Sharma was appointed through “Special Nomination”, Making the Advertisement’s Eligibility Criteria Inapplicable.
The petitioner’s Counsel Said Eve Nominated Candidates Must Meet the Criteria and Point Out That Two Nominated Candidates were previously disqualified for this read.