Court issues arrest warrant against MGCU former VC Arvind Agrawal as he fudged his academic credentials to get the post

He was appointed as the first V-C of MGCU in Motihari by the government in February 2016 from a panel of three names submitted by the search-cum-selection committee. Agarwal is the ninth central university head to come under the scanner ever since the NDA government took charge.

Sagar Suraj

MOTIHARI : A district court of Bihar’s Motihari has issued an arrest warrant against the former vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU) at Motihari Arvind Agrawal.

Court took cognizance under section 420, 465,467,471 and 504 of Indian penal code while hearing a complaint filed by Motihari based social activists Raju Baitha.

Additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) 5 in Motihari court has issued the arrest warrant after taking cognizance in the case. Court while observing in the order sheet told that there is sufficient ground found in the complaint .

The documents made available before court was sufficient to prove the allegations made against him and three professors of the same university Dr Shashikant Ray, Dr Pramod Kumar Mina and Bhanu Pratap Singh also supported the allegations while appearing before the court.

Mr Agrawal was alleged to have fraudently procured the post of vice chancellor in MGCU after misleading the selection committee. In his application filed before MHRD, Delhi for the post of vice chancellor, he wrongly mentioned his degree of Ph.D. He did Ph.D from Rajasthan University but misled the selection committee citing his Ph.D done from Heidelberg at Germany.

Besides, he mentioned certificates marks of his graduation as 60 % instead of 44 % he actually procured.

The evidence of such fraud was collected through RTI informations procured from Rajsthan and Germany University.

After issues were raised in the media, Agrawal resigned from the post and left the university overnight, dodging his supporters. Former President Ram Nath Kovind had accepted the resignation of Arvind Agarwal who has been under the government's radar for allegedly giving false information while applying for the post.

As he fudged his academic credentials to get the post, the HRD Ministry had forwarded his resignation to Kovind, who is then Visitor to the university.

The ministry received complaints that Agarwal lied about a foreign education to get the job. He did not pursue his Ph.D at a German institute as claimed, and actually got the degree from the University of Rajasthan, it was a complaint.

He was appointed as the first V-C of MGCU in Motihari by the government in February 2016 from a panel of three names submitted by the search-cum-selection committee.
Agarwal is the ninth central university head to come under the scanner ever since the NDA government took charge.

The HRD Ministry had fired V-Cs of Visva Bharati University, Pondicherry University and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University for academic, administrative and financial irregularities. Inquiries were initiated against heads of Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, IGNOU, Tripura University and Allahabad University, butwere either closed or put on the backburner.