National Students Union of India (NSUI) has submitted memorandum to three universities and 24 colleges in Ahmedabad seeking that their budget be placed on their website to introduce transparency in their income and expenditure. The NSUI also demanded holding of students panchayat every month in presence of vice-chancellors to discuss issues pertaining to the interests of students. The three universities are MS University,Gujarat University and Gujarat Technological University (GTU). The 24 colleges,to whom memorandum have also been submitted,are premium institutes and all are located in Ahmedabad city. Speaking to The Indian Express,state NSUI president Adityasinh Gohil said his organisation would take this movement across the state and demand that budget of all universities and colleges in the state were made available online. Gohil said all state and central universities and government or grant-in-aid college received financial assistances from the government. But neither students nor even teachers of these institutions were ever told about the quantum of grant received and how and where these were spent,he said. Gohil said putting the budgets online would help check bad management of funds by authorities. He said 14 universities in the country had already put their budget online after persuasion by NSUI.
