Mangalore University is not a private property: Lolaksha

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05.04.10 Mangalore : ‘The present Vice Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy and the syndicates of  Mangalore University has not revealed any details of the selection process for its honorary doctorates’, said Lolaksha, the working president of Ahinda during a press meet organized at Hotel Woodlands on April 5, Monday.

He also said that the Vice chancellor has not given any details regarding the appointment of a selection committee, its members, the number of nominations filed for the honorary doctorate, their names and the reason to reject their nomination and other details regarding the conferring of honorary doctorates during the press meet held at University College recently.

 He said that, Mangalore University is not the private property of the vice chancellor, the syndicate, the registrar, or the members of the academic council, Lolaksha said that the Mangalore University belongs to the people. He stated that the university had no right to confer honorary doctorates as per its wish.

If any of the 7 selected people feel that they are not eligible to receive the doctorate honour in the event they can decline the honour and save their reputation, he said. 

Renny D’Souza and Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty were present at the press meet.