Ranchi University

RU was established on 12 July, 1960 and its first vice chancellor was Bishnudeo Narayan Singh.[2]

In 1992, the university was bifurcated to create Vinoba Bhave University, reducing its area by nearly half for proper administration. In 2009, the university was divided twice – in January to create Nilamber Pitamber University, at Medininagar, and in August, 2009 to create Kolhan University, Chaibasa.

The university has a central library with approximately 150,000 books. There are a total of two male hostels and four female hostels in the university campus situated at Kutchery Road, Ranchi.

Like most state universities in India, the Chancellor of the university is the governor of the state - the Governor of Bihar until the inception of Jharkhand on 15 November, 2000 and the Governor of Jharkhand since then. The chief executive of the university is the Vice-Chancellor.

There are 15 constituent colleges and 29 affiliated colleges of Ranchi University. The colleges under Ranchi University offer courses in Medical, Engineering, Management, Science, Arts and Law streams.

University since its inception has undergone many changes, some were acceptable and others inappropriate. University was unable to audit its financial affairs every year which made it an easy target for officers and staffs for corrupt practices. In 2011, there were instances where registrar and financial officer were engaged in embezzlement of funds provided by UGC for paying arrears to Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff. This was a loss for Ranchi University with accused still on loose.[4] The accused son was arrested, with finance officer still absconding.[5][6][7]

In 2000, the Vigilance Bureau of the Bihar Government arrested its vice chancellor L.C.C.N. Shahdeo for being involved as a mastermind in a racket for appointing undeserving people to the teaching and non-teaching staff of 40 colleges affiliated to the Ranchi University.[8]

D.P. Gupta, the then vice chancellor of Ranchi University took severe measures to make an audit of Ranchi University books from 1985 onwards. The audit revealed mass scale bungling of exam and registration fees running into crores with university officers colluding with college principals in submitting fake bank challans, payment of bogus T.A. bills worth lakhs of rupees, unlimited over time payments and non maintenance of even cash books over the years. Audit reports revealed financial irregularities and university staff taking help of anti-social elements to terrorise the auditors.[9]

In a meeting of the Public Account Committee of the Jharkhand Assembly held in 2006, Account General (Audit) revealed that heads of various departments, lecturers and non teaching employees of Ranchi University have taken Rs. 6.43 crores as an advance and this amount has not been adjusted to their salaries. In June itself, the RU administration, in response to the matter raised in the State Assembly, instructed the heads of the postgraduate departments and the head of the 34 constituent colleges to submit the expenditure receipts of the advance given to them for conducting examinations. The unaccounted expenses date back to so long that the heads of the departments in whose names the money was issued, have either retired or do not hold those posts any longer.[10]

On April 2007, university administration lodged an FIR against 24 office staff, involved in embezzlement of funds maintained in Pension and Gratuity Account including other heads of accounts by creating fake documents. It was believed that it involved white collared officials as well.[11]

There was also a case, where an external person/non-employee was working in sensitive Examination department for more than nine months without being caught. On every second day there was question paper leak and tapering of answer sheet.[12][13]

Furthermore, three teachers were appointed in the constituent college of the university who forged their degree certificate and marksheet. It came to the notice of university administration, but no actions were taken. The accused drew salary for 10 years due to lack of efficiency in incompetent authorities.[14]

A scandal got caught where teachers drawing pension, retired prior to 2016, had their salary fixed under 7th Pay Commission by University Administration and State Government paid lakhs rupees to University for illegal payments.[15][16]

Salary arrear scam came into light when Ranchi University procured Rs. 99.6 Crores for 1013 teachers, but in legal sense 860 teachers would have to be paid arrears.[17]

The department of Anthropology in Ranchi University has a museum that showcases variety of exhibits including ethnographic collections of central Indian states and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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