Thiruvananthapuram: The inquiry committee appointed by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University has found that Toms Engineering College in Mattakkara got its approval after faking details on its infrastructure.
The two-member inquiry panel comprising registrar G. P. Padmakumar and controller of examinations S. Shabu found that the affiliation was secured after showing nearby premises while the college was actually functioning at another site without adequate infrastructure, sources said.
Mr Padmakumar told Deccan Chronicle that the committee had asked the university to withdraw its affiliation given the complaints. The report was handed over to the education minister. The college did not even have a hostel warden while the library functioned from a room in the hostel.
The complaints included the inmates were not even allowed to go home on holiday claiming it as a fully residential campus. The students also alleged that its chairman Toms T. Thomas would personally visit the hostel rooms of all female students in the evenings.
They are denied privacy and even not allowed to wear shawls when he was around. They are often asked to read what is written on others' T-shirts.
The report has called for a detailed probe into the death of Jishnu Pranoy, a student of Nehru College of Engineering, Thrissur.
The committee was appointed on the direction of the government in the wake of widespread complaints and protests by students. The panel visited both the colleges and conducted a detailed investigation after hearing students.
Women’s Commission visits Toms College
The State Women’s Commission on Wednesday visited the Mattakkara Toms College of Engineering and heard grievances students and their parents raised.
Students told Dr J. Prameela Devi, its member, that the college management used to mentally harass and portray them in a bad way if they raise any complaints. They alleged that the chairman of the college used to address with obscene words.
Most of the parents who met the commission told her that they were not willing to send the students there and that the management was not giving the receipt for the fees they had remitted. The commission member also visited the girls' hostel besides recording the versions of the teachers and the principal as well.
Speaking to reporters later, Dr Devi said the allegations were serious and valid, and the panel would submit its report to the government within four days.
More than 100 students and their parents filed complaints with the commission during its sitting from 10.30 am to 12 pm.
