Declare exam results by July 31: Governor to Mumbai varsity

Taking a serious note of the delay in declaration of results by the University of Mumbai, the Governor of Maharashtra and Chancellor of the University CH Vidyasagar Rao today directed Vice Chancellor Dr Sanjay Deshmukh to declare all pending results by July 31.
The Governor also asked the Vice Chancellor to submit to him a detailed report in accordance with the provisions of Section 89 of Maharashtra Public Universities Act, explaining the strategy and road map for declaration of results on time, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said.
"The Governor has directed the Vice-Chancellor to set up a war room at his level, wherein the Vice-Chancellor along with other functionaries of the Universities, shall monitor the progress regarding declaration of results in real time," he said.

The Governor also directed the Vice-Chancellor that all the available human resource and infrastructure be brought together to carry out this task.
Deshmukh was asked to submit a daily progress report to the Government and to the Chancellor's Secretariat, the spokesperson said.
The Governor also directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Higher and Technical Education Sitaram Kunte to depute a Government representative to monitor the progress and give feedback to the Government and the Chancellor's office.

"Rao noted with concern that out of 477 examinations conducted by the University of Mumbai, results of only 51 examinations had been declared so far. Of these, results of only 23 examinations were declared within 30 days while results of 18 examinations were declared within 45 days. All other results have been delayed beyond the statutory limit of 45 days," the spokesperson said.

According to provisions of Section 89 of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, the University is required to declare results preferably in 30 days and in no case beyond 45 days, he said.
"The Governor pointed out that delay in declaration of results could hamper the career of students, which might cause anxiety and hardships to them and to their parents," he said.