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Fee revision panel for under-grad courses in Mumbai University

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For the first time, a fee revision committee will be set up for under-graduate courses.The University of Mumbai took this decision during a meeting with at last 400 City College principals on Tuesday last. “There will be separate committees to revise the fee structure of individual courses at the varsity affiliated colleges. However, this committee will take the final decision for all courses on the basis of the recommendations given by the individual course level committees,” said Rajpal Hande, BCUD director at the meeting.“For the first time, the varsity will also have an annual calendar for the research and recognition committee’s activities to encourage research work. Around Rs90 lakh will be allotted for minor research activities in the university. Last year, the fund was Rs45 lakh,” he added. Among other crucial decisions taken at the meeting were increasing the monetary compensation given to teachers for assessment and the number of Centralised Assessment Process centres, requesting colleges to appoint full-time principals and taking action against colleges that do have appropriate number of faculties to run a course. The university is also contemplating sending the question paper to all exam centres through e-mail. This proposal comes in the wake of several question paper leak incidents.During the meeting, the university also decided that from the next academic year, the question paper bundle will be opened in front of two students, chief conductor and joint conductor of exams to ensure confidentiality. While credit and grading system that was initiated this academic year will be soon reviewed, appropriate scheduling and re-scheduling of exams will be done to suit the system for the next academic year. Issuing provisional mark-sheet online on the day of the result will be regular process now for all courses. On Tuesday last, provisional mark-sheets were put up on the website for the BScIT course.

MCA imposes five-year ban on Shah Rukh from entering Wankhede

TKolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was banned by Mumbai Cricket Association for five years from entering the Wankhede Stadium for misbehaving with its officials in an IPL match in Mumbai.Khan, who was alleged by the MCA to have manhandled a security guard of the Association besides hurling choices abuses on its officials after the IPL game on May 16 between KKR and Mumbai Indians, was threatened with a life ban by some officials before the managing committee toned it down to a five-year period.The decision to debar Khan was taken by the MCA’s managing committee at its emergency sitting chaired by its President Vilasrao Deshmukh.“The Managing Committee of the MCA at its meeting on Friday has condemned the behaviour of Shah Rukh Khan, who without any provocation hurled abuses at MCA officials and manhandled the security guard in the presence of BCCI-IPL officials,”Deshmukh said.“Shah Rukh had no regrets for his action and misbehaviour. He in fact has justified his action of manhandling the security guard and abusing and threatening MCA officials. The Managing Committee is forced to ban Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium for a period of five years,” said Deshmukh in a statement before answering the questions.Asked whether there would be any change in MCA’s stand if Khan apologises later, Deshmukh said the question did not arise.“The ban is a message to every one that if anyone behaves like that action will be taken,” said Deshmukh, adding that more than 50 per cent of the members in the MCA managing committee were present when the unsavoury incident took place on 16th Wednesday night.The MCA president said the Cricket Board had been informed of the incident, a fact corroborated by BCCI’s CAO Prof Ratnakar Shetty, who was present at the conference as one of the vice-presidents of the MCA. -PTI