The Centre has relieved Prof. Saroj Sharma from her place as chairperson of the Nationwide Institute of Open Education (NIOS) — the nation’s largest open education board — and repatriated her to her guardian division at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha College, following a Delhi Police probe and questioning over her driver’s suicide, who had accused her of harassment and discrimination
The Centre’s order comes every week after the Gujarat authorities on October 18 cancelled her appointment as Vice Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Trainer Schooling, Gandhinagar. She was appointed as Vice Chancellor of the institute on September 5, however had not taken cost. In a notification dated October 18, the Gujarat authorities had additionally appointed a brand new Vice Chancellor – Ramesh Chaturbhai Patel.
Sources within the Ministry of Schooling mentioned that the Appointment Committee of the Cupboard (ACC) authorised Sharma’s untimely repatriation, and she or he had relinquished cost on Wednesday.
The Delhi Police is learnt to have communicated to the Ministry earlier this month {that a} case was registered in opposition to Sharma, and investigation was below manner within the matter of the suicide of her driver, who had, in his suicide word, allegedly accused her of caste-based discrimination and harassment.
In its order issued on October 23, the Ministry of Schooling acknowledged: “Consequent upon the approval of Appointment Committee of Cupboard…dated October 21, 2024, for untimely repatriation of Prof Saroj Sharma from the put up of Chairperson NIOS to her guardian division i.e. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha College, she is hereby relieved w.e.f 23.10.2024.”
Sharma had been on go away from NIOS – going by an NIOS workplace order, Prof Pankaj Arora, chairperson of the Nationwide Council for Trainer Schooling (NCTE) was directed to take care of the work of NIOS chairperson along with his duties, from September 25 to October 13, “through the interval of ex-India go away of Prof Saroj Sharma”.
