Dr. Chandra Krishnamurthy, former Vice-Chancellor of NLU Odisha has been accused of plagiarising 5 out of 8 chapters of a book mentioned in her CV..Krishnamurthy, currently the VC of Pondicherry University, published the book titled ‘Legal Education in India’ in 2009 and 2011. The book was found to have copied verbatim papers written by eminent scholars including N R Madhava Menon. Moreover, two other books mentioned in her CV may have never been published at all..The teachers’ association of Pondicherry University, (PUTA) has written a letter to the HRD Ministry calling for Krishnamurthy’s immediate removal. They have also shed light on the other discrepancies during her reign as VC..The Vice-Chancellor had called a meeting in June, invoking emergency powers despite a government order to not invoke special powers to call for emergency Executive Council meetings. The purpose was to repatriate registrar Rajiv Yaduvanshi, and approve new recruitments and 25 per cent reservation for local students, which is against the very idea of a central university, reports Indian Express..Krishnamurthy was unavailable for comment.
Dr. Chandra Krishnamurthy, former Vice-Chancellor of NLU Odisha has been accused of plagiarising 5 out of 8 chapters of a book mentioned in her CV..Krishnamurthy, currently the VC of Pondicherry University, published the book titled ‘Legal Education in India’ in 2009 and 2011. The book was found to have copied verbatim papers written by eminent scholars including N R Madhava Menon. Moreover, two other books mentioned in her CV may have never been published at all..The teachers’ association of Pondicherry University, (PUTA) has written a letter to the HRD Ministry calling for Krishnamurthy’s immediate removal. They have also shed light on the other discrepancies during her reign as VC..The Vice-Chancellor had called a meeting in June, invoking emergency powers despite a government order to not invoke special powers to call for emergency Executive Council meetings. The purpose was to repatriate registrar Rajiv Yaduvanshi, and approve new recruitments and 25 per cent reservation for local students, which is against the very idea of a central university, reports Indian Express..Krishnamurthy was unavailable for comment.