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AP Goyal University Shimla told to refund security, hostel fee to student
SHIMLA- The Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPEIRC) has directed the AP Goyal University Shimla to refund security and other hostel charges to a student of MCA, who stayed in the hostel as well as in the university for one day.
Varsha Salve in her complaint filed online alleged that she had taken admission in AP Goyal University in MCA on September 11, 2014, and was allotted hostel but due to “non-providing” of facilities as informed, she left the university as well as the hostel on the next day.
She said the university refused to entertain her request for refund of security amounting to Rs 10,000 and hostel charges amounting to Rs 20,000.
The regulator sent a notice to the university on October 27, 2014, and sought reasons for not refunding the security and other charges but it did not respond. Later, a reminder was sent on December 8, 2014. The Registrar on January 5, 2016, appeared on the behalf of the university and the complainant was also present in person.
The regulator pointed out that the university had not clearly mentioned in the receipt and also noted that quantum of the hostel fee was not in conformity to any quantum of charges mentioned against approved “hostel charges” head. The government had not allowed fee to be charged as “others” head and the university has clearly deviated from the approved fee structure issued by the government by charging Rs 20,000 against “hostel fee” and Rs 1,000 against “others” heads.
The commission in its order said that Varsha Salve left the university on the ground that there were no facilities-amenities available as boasted by the university which discouraged her to continue with her studies in the university and held that she is entitled for the refund of Security amount of Rs 10,000.
Further it can be safely presumed that the hostel charges included Rs 5,000 as the hostel security and of the remaining amount of Rs 15,000, the university may retain Rs 2,000 as the complainant only spent one night and that too allegedly without electricity.
The regulator in its order clearly said that
I am of the firm view that the amount of caution money of Rs 10,000 and hostel fee of Rs 18,000 are refundable and direct the respondent university to pay the entire amount of Rs 28,000 to the complainant within 10 days.
Varsha Salve stated before the regulator that
on the basis of facilities shown in prospectus and information available at internet, I came to Shimla from Mumbai and took admission in AP Goyal University and deposited Rs 31,000 in cash towards hostel fee,security and for tuition fee.
She said that she stayed for one day in APG Hostel but no facilities like water and light were available and left the APG University without attending any class and took admission in Bahra University where she is doing MCA.
Photo: AP Goyal University
Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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