The writing on the wall was very clear for quite sometime, but it finally happened on Wednesday when LIT's officiating director Suresh Gholse was asked to resign by the NU bosses for "miserable performance", sources revealed.
Even though PRO office declined to comment on the issue and also the VC remained out of reach, registrar Mahesh Yenkie indirectly confirmed the news to TOI. "There has been no development in LIT since last many years and that may precisely be the reason Gholse decided to put in his papers, a couple of days back. He resigned citing medical ground," Yenkie informed. Interestingly, the registrar will be handling additional charge of LIT director as well. "I took charge on Wednesday after coming back from vacation," Yenkie added. This is for the second time that Yenkie will be looking after the top post of the once-prestigious institute which has deteriorated over the years owing to the lethargy of NU administration. Gholse however was not available for comments.
TOI had been continuously tracking the issue highlighting how Gholse miserably failed to stem the rot in LIT which even the team from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had acknowledged. In fact, the team blasted the NU bosses for LIT's worsening conditions.
Ever since, he took over the charge of one of India's oldest engineering institute from Rajiv Mankar, the mismanagement and infighting touched nadir. To add to woes, even the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court passed strictures on the NU administration for its failure to fill up large number of vacant posts in the institution and also for lack of maintenance.
Gholse went overboard by writing a new year's message to the teachers admitting that the institute, established as per D Laxminarayan's will, was undergoing a difficult period since last 4-5 years for want of teaching faculty.
A copy of Gholse's message in possession of TOI clearly mentioned that the building and laboratory infrastructure was not adequate. He had made a startling revelation that there was an acute shortage of chemicals which is affecting the smooth conduct of undergraduate practicals. Moreover, the project work of undergraduate and postgraduate students has been severely hampered. He revealed that the research students had to purchase chemicals on their own while adding that this year, the classroom teaching was drastically affected due to ongoing renovation work.
Citing teachers who were overburdened due to teaching work, Gholse had justified that their research was restricted due to acute chemical shortage. He even stopped all the research work for ME or PhD along with BTech and MTech courses.
The final nail in the coffin came when the old director skipped the LIT's development meeting last week, where he was supposed to come up with the blueprint of development plans, citing medical reasons, sources said.
Even though PRO office declined to comment on the issue and also the VC remained out of reach, registrar Mahesh Yenkie indirectly confirmed the news to TOI. "There has been no development in LIT since last many years and that may precisely be the reason Gholse decided to put in his papers, a couple of days back. He resigned citing medical ground," Yenkie informed. Interestingly, the registrar will be handling additional charge of LIT director as well. "I took charge on Wednesday after coming back from vacation," Yenkie added. This is for the second time that Yenkie will be looking after the top post of the once-prestigious institute which has deteriorated over the years owing to the lethargy of NU administration. Gholse however was not available for comments.
TOI had been continuously tracking the issue highlighting how Gholse miserably failed to stem the rot in LIT which even the team from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had acknowledged. In fact, the team blasted the NU bosses for LIT's worsening conditions.
Ever since, he took over the charge of one of India's oldest engineering institute from Rajiv Mankar, the mismanagement and infighting touched nadir. To add to woes, even the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court passed strictures on the NU administration for its failure to fill up large number of vacant posts in the institution and also for lack of maintenance.
Gholse went overboard by writing a new year's message to the teachers admitting that the institute, established as per D Laxminarayan's will, was undergoing a difficult period since last 4-5 years for want of teaching faculty.
A copy of Gholse's message in possession of TOI clearly mentioned that the building and laboratory infrastructure was not adequate. He had made a startling revelation that there was an acute shortage of chemicals which is affecting the smooth conduct of undergraduate practicals. Moreover, the project work of undergraduate and postgraduate students has been severely hampered. He revealed that the research students had to purchase chemicals on their own while adding that this year, the classroom teaching was drastically affected due to ongoing renovation work.
Citing teachers who were overburdened due to teaching work, Gholse had justified that their research was restricted due to acute chemical shortage. He even stopped all the research work for ME or PhD along with BTech and MTech courses.
The final nail in the coffin came when the old director skipped the LIT's development meeting last week, where he was supposed to come up with the blueprint of development plans, citing medical reasons, sources said.
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