UGCgrant misused: Pbi varsity panel

UGCgrant misused: Pbi varsity panel

Ravneet Singh

Tribune News Service

Patiala, June 22

Punjabi University’s internal committee, constituted to probe the alleged misappropriation of funds of the UGC grants, has submitted its report. As per sources on the campus, the committee has reported that some bills are fake, and as such, the university is contemplating action against its employees involved in it.

The committee, comprising the Registrar, Dean, Research, and Finance Officer, was constituted by Vice-Chancellor Arvind after an internal team, set up to carry out an audit of the university’s records, flagged some bills, amounting in Rs 6 lakh that were generated in the name of research scholars. The Vice-Chancellor then demanded a time-bound preliminary report. Sources on the campus today said, “The bills have been found faulty. The stamps, signatures of department heads are fake in the bills. Even the research scholars in whose names the bills were generated also do not exist.” VC said, “The internal report has been submitted. We are analysing it to see what further actions need to be taken.”