11-26-2004, 09:45 PM
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NDTV Correspondent
Friday, November 26, 2004 (Shimla):
The HRD Ministry today sacked the board of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla.
The ministry claims that the board was sacked because they refused to cooperate with the investigations being conducted into financial irregularities and appointments made by the previous NDA government.
Prof J S Grewal has been appointed as the president and chairperson of the reconstituted governing body of the IIAS.
The government has also appointed six new vice-chancellors and 24 educationists as members of the Council of IIAS for the remaining term of the Council till April 10, 2005.
NDTV Correspondent
Friday, November 26, 2004 (Shimla):
The HRD Ministry today sacked the board of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Shimla.
The ministry claims that the board was sacked because they refused to cooperate with the investigations being conducted into financial irregularities and appointments made by the previous NDA government.
Prof J S Grewal has been appointed as the president and chairperson of the reconstituted governing body of the IIAS.
The government has also appointed six new vice-chancellors and 24 educationists as members of the Council of IIAS for the remaining term of the Council till April 10, 2005.
