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NAAC dismisses bribe charge against MSU Baroda officials, releases ratings

It was reported that the NAAC had received an anonymous complaint that the university had unduly tried to influence members of the peer review team visiting the facility with gold, cash and other favours.

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Written by: Alifiya Khan
2 min readPuneSep 18, 2022 09:14 AM IST First published on: Sep 17, 2022 at 04:31 AM IST

A day after The Indian Express reported that the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has withheld the results of the rating for the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda based on allegations that its officials had allegedly bribed the review team, the agency dismissed the charges and decided to release the ratings.

It was reported that the NAAC had received an anonymous complaint that the university had unduly tried to influence members of the peer review team visiting the facility with gold, cash and other favours.

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Dr S C Sharma director of NAAC had confirmed to The Indian Express that a complaint was received following which all stakeholders, including the peer review team and university officials, were asked to respond. The declaration of the results of the rating process was also put on hold, he said.

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