Rajput closes NCERT chapter

Rajput had one more year to go but opted out after the NDA government was voted out of power. A formal handover took place this afternoon where IGNOU V-C H.P. Dikshit took over as officiating director. While some of his staffers turned up at his office on his last day in work, most celebrated his exit.

8216;8216;He has not left in the right manner. He should have been given a better farewell,8217;8217; said an employee. Among his achievements, they count the increase in the number of publications, programmes with institutes abroad and emphasis on teacher8217;s training.

Rajput isn8217;t denying credit either. 8216;8216;In the last five years, the output has increased and the faculty and employees have contributed much more than before,8217;8217; he said. 8216;8216;I intend to continue work in the field of value education and in teaching the legacy and basics of all religions to achieve social cohesiveness and national integration.8217;8217;

Prof Saradindu Mukherji wouldn8217;t agree: 8216;8216;He went out of the way to spoil my manuscript in 2003. Even when I pointed out the errors he refused to respond. However, Rajput was just one in a large pool and even with him gone, politics at NCERT will not stop.8221;