Ex-UGC official for probe

Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad vice chancellor Prof. Appa Rao Podile faced an embarrassing situation when it was found that three of his review papers had plagiarised content. A former senior UGC official said on condition of anonymity, “An inquiry committee should be appointed to look into it and decide the seriousness of the plagiarism based on which the chancellor of the university or visitor can take a decision. No plagiarism should be taken lightly but at the same time there are levels of plagiarism and as soon as someone is found to have committed it, he should not be crucified.”