“Mumbai” spelt as “Mumabai”: MU imposes fine on contractor for spelling error in convocation certificates
The spelling mistake on the convocation certificates came to light earlier this year in January.
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Mumbai University has decided to impose a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on one of its affiliated law colleges for giving out wrong question paper to students appearing for Semester 10 exam (File)Mumbai University (MU) has decided to impose a financial penalty on the contractor responsible for printing convocation certificates that mistakenly spelt “Mumbai” as “Mumabai” above the university logo. The decision, finalised at a recent Management Council (MC) meeting, mandates the contractor to pay either 20% of the total contract amount or ₹10 lakh—whichever is higher.
The move comes after an inquiry committee submitted its findings to the university, leading to the resolution. The university has already begun the process of recalling the erroneous certificates issued to the graduating batch of 2023-24 and reissuing of corrected ones.
One of the MC member Sheetal Devrukhkar-Sheth from Yuva Sena, who was present for the meeting, said, “The varsity has fined the contractor, but there is no mention of who is responsible within the university.” Further questioning the varsity‘s silence on accountability of its own administration, she said, “Contractors will come and go, but officials responsible for overseeing this must be held accountable for such grave errors.”
The spelling mistake on the convocation certificates came to light earlier this year in January.
As the MU’s convocation ceremony was held on January 7, convocation certificates were subsequently dispatched to affiliated colleges for its distribution to respective students. While some colleges held institution-level convocation ceremonies for the same, many just distributed it to graduating students.
The spelling error was spotted after the certificates reached the colleges. While there were some colleges which returned the erroneous certificates to the varsity immediately after spotting the error, but a few had already distributed these certificates among students.
Though university officials claim only 1,000 certificates were affected, Yuva Sena leaders had alleged the number of erroneous certificates exceeds one lakh, with thousands already issued to students. The student wing has demanded a thorough probe and action against those involved, including blacklisting the contractor.
There was no response from Mumbai University administration on the issue.
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