| Jammu, Jan 17: The University of Jammu (JU) has spent a whopping sum of Rs 1.6 crore on purchase of computers and laptops whereas no accountability has been fixed on the officials who have utilized the same for their personal and family use rather than using them for research work. More so, the University is yet to recover the laptops from the former top officials (including Vice Chancellor) which had been issued to them in various capacities. Addressing a press conference here, NSF senior Vice-President Surjit Choudhary disclosed the data related to the expenditure made by University during the last ten years which he got through RTI reply No. PIO-11/JU/15/1501. He revealed that University spent a whopping sum of Rs 1.24 crore on the purchase of computers and Rs 36 lakh on laptops during the period 2005-15. "A total of 146 laptops have been issued to various officials so far. Out of those only 22 were returned by the officials whereas rest still used. And, surprisingly, many former University top officials failed to return the laptops even after leaving the University long ago," Choudhary said. |
