Haridwar's Gurukul Kangri univ faces admin standoff with ‘2VCs, 2 registrars'
The latest twist came on Monday when professor Prabhat Kumar from Ancient History department assumed charge as VC, stating that he was appointed by chancellor SK Arya. However, the existing VC prof Hemalatha K refused to acknowledge Arya's authority, claiming her own appointment was made as per UGC norms — based on seniority, which is required for an officiating VC.
The registrar's office is also mired in confusion.
Sunil Kumar, who was repatriated to his parent college in Dehradun by Hemalatha, was reinstated as registrar by chancellor Arya the same day he removed her. However, his office is currently occupied by Vipul Kumar, who was appointed registrar by Hemalatha immediately after Sunil's repatriation.
As of now, Prabhat Kumar has taken control of the VC's formal office, while Hemalatha continues to operate from her English department room.
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The dual claims and conflicting appointments have thrown the university into an administrative crisis, with no clarity yet on how or when the dispute will be resolved.
Incidentally, Prabhat was till recently with the employees challenging Arya's appointment as chancellor.
"He has now jumped on the bandwagon of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha (APS), the body which has been running the university, for his own ends, betraying the cause of the employees," an employees' union leader said.
Attempts were made to prevent Prabhat from entering the VC office, but the police purportedly came to his help.
Agitated employees said that "APS men are capturing the university with police help." However, Prabhat said that he was duly appointed to the post. "APS has a positive attitude towards the university. We should not respond negatively to it," he added.
Employees also claimed that forensic examination of the letters sent by Arya to the university had recently revealed that his signatures on the letters "were not genuine". "The university tried to file an FIR in the case, but police refused to take the complaint," a university staff member alleged.
Arya is abroad these days. But letters bearing his signatures are continuously being written to the university, "whether it is to remove the VC, reinstate the registrar, or appoint a new VC," a university official told TOI.
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