Campus Jottings
AU land likely to be leased out
G. NARASIMHA RAO
K.B. Swamy
Funds crunch is forcing Andhra University to look for more avenues and the old proposal to make use of vast pieces of land has come back to the fore. This time a top administrator is reportedly planning to lease out a 4,000 square yards piece of land abutting the Siripuram junction to a north Andhra-based consortium.
This administrator has reportedly gathered some thousands of signatures from the campus to support Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as Chief Minister and since the present power equations appear to continue for a few more years or till the next elections, the official is trying to balance his earlier act and please the present administration. This rumour is making rounds in the campus.
The AU administration has reportedly leased out the huge ground near Shivaji Park to a Bangalore based man for Rs. 25 lakhs for a period of five years. Campus watchers feel the deal is beneficial to the contractor than the university.
Research scholar’s case
Recently the AU administration has suspended a research scholar of commerce department, both from the college and the lady research scholars’ hostel after she complained to the Collector and Commissioner of Police that she is being harassed. She earlier complained to the Vice-Chancellor B. Satyanarayana and Registrar P.V.G.D. Prasada Reddy.
The problem started with the administration accommodating M. Pharm. students in the Seetha Mahal hostel, meant for lady research scholars. The move immediately drew protest from the research scholars as they felt that the hostel would become congested and they would be disturbed. The research scholar who has been suspended is more vocal and the reason is said to be her health condition. She needs quite environment but is being disturbed by the M. Pharm. students who moved into the hostel recently. She also approached the civil rights organisations and held a press conference. At an inquiry conducted by the women’s grievance cell of AU, she was reportedly in an excited state and uncooperative. This had resulted in the report going against her. The Police are yet to start investigation into the complaint made by her.
The scholar’s research director has not been involved in the inquiry or he has not been asked about her, before taking a decision. It is also felt that the research scholars and M. Pharm. students should have been accommodated in different floors, for the latter could have been sent to the engineering college hostel.
The State Government has reportedly sought a confidential report from the AU administration on the episode. To a query from the Government as to why M.Pharm. students were accommodated in research scholars’ hostel, the AU administration has reportedly replied that they are considered as research scholars as they need not appear for the pre-Ph.D. examination.
V-C visits apparel unit
Prof. Satyanarayana along with a team of professors visited the Brandix Apparel India limited, with which AU is planning to sign a MoU covering different areas. The AU team visited the workshop at the apparel company, which is said to be among the top five apparel workshops in Asia. General Manager of the unit Ravin Jayasundara explained the functioning of the industry.
M.P.Ed. students get jobs
As many as 21 past and present M.P.Ed. students of Andhra University secured jobs as PETs during the recently held District Selection Committee interviews. Prof. Satyanarayana, Prof. Prasada Reddy, Director of Physical Education M. Syam Babu and others congratulated the students.
Red Ribbon Club inaugurated
NSS unit of St. Joseph’s College for Women here started a Red Ribbon Club, which will take up awareness about AIDS/HIV and promote voluntary blood donation.
Principal Sr. Veronica presided. HoD of Home Science W. Roopa inaugurated the club.
NSS Programme Coordinator of AU P. Ramachandra Rao was chief guest. NSS Master Trainers of Mrs. A.V.N. College and the host college M. Simhadri Naidu and P. Krishna Kumari, Programme Officer P. Sarada, college council president Sri Gowri, senior faculty P.K. Jayalakshmi, Nirmala and Sundari participated.
Swine flu awareness programme
PRISM College conducted a swine flu awareness programme, in which Minister for Arogya Sri Pithani Satyanarayana participated. MLA Tynala Vijaya Kumar, Prof. Ramachandra Rao, Prof. Prasada Reddy and others spoke.
Principal B. Umabala, Director of PRISM PG College S. Srinivasa Rao, Correspondent D. Satyanarayana Reddy and others participated.
Wins gold medal
Pilla Lakshmi Manasa, who studied M.A. (English) at the Pydah P.G. College, won the Smt. Kommalapati Nagamani memorial gold medal for standing first in the PG examination held in April 2006. She would receive this award six other cash prizes during the AU Convocation to be held on December 5. Ms. Manasa is grand daughter of founder of Bharatiya Vidya Kendra and former Principal of BVK College Pilla Rama Rao and daughter of BVK College’s Sanskrit lecturer Ramana Murthy.
Ph.Ds. awarded
Former HoD of Anatomy of Andhra Medical College K.B. Swamy has been awarded Ph.D. in anthropology by Andhra University for his thesis on “infant feeding practices among the slum dwellers of Visakhapatnam city”. Dr. Swamy explained about the importance of breast feeding. Prof. R. Sambasiva Rao of Dept. of Anthropology was his research guide.
Principal of Mahathi Degree College D. Suryanarayana Raju was awarded Ph.D. in commerce and management studies for his thesis “performance evaluation of sugar industry (with special reference to the Chodavaram Cooperative Sugars Limited, Govada, Visakhapatnam district)”. Prof. M. Lakshmipathi Raju was his research guide.
Lecturer in metallurgical engineering at Government Polytechnic, Visakhapatnam K. Ratna Kumar received Ph.D. for his thesis on “microstructure and corrosion behaviour of cast A356 and wrought AA6061 alloy welds”, done under the guidance of Prof. K. Srinivasa Rao, HoD of Metallurgical Engineering of AU College of Engineering.
AU has awarded Ph.D. in commerce and management studies to P. Pramila Rani for her thesis on “performance appraisal through balanced scorecard approach-a case study of GMR Industries Limited”. Prof. P. Viswanadham was his research guide.
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