DU asks Stephen’s to scrap outgoing principal’s absorption as prof

New Delhi: Delhi University has asked St Stephen’s College not to proceed with the absorption of its outgoing principal, John Varghese, as a professor, terming the move “ultra vires” (beyond their powers) and in violation of UGC regulations and university rules.

DU asks Stephen’s to scrap outgoing principal’s absorption as prof. New Delhi: Delhi University has asked St Stephen’s College not to proceed with the absorption of its outgoing principal, John Varghese, as a professor, terming the move “ultra vires” (beyond their powers) and in violation of UGC regulations and university rules. In a letter on Friday to the chairperson of the college’s governing body, Paul Swarup, the university said it was responding to media reports regarding Varghese’s absorption in the English department after the completion of his tenure as principal. “I would like to draw your kind attention towards the fact that the UGC, the funding body of the college, has sanctioned the substantive posts of lecturer/assistant professor only in the colleges of the university,” the letter states. The university pointed out that Var...