The accused shared the questions with students on the institute’s internal portal and WhatsApp before the examination.
Uttarakhand Technical University Cancels Exam After Paper Leak: Another paper leak has come to light in Uttarakhand amidst ongoing protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. After this, the University has cancelled the examinations of two subjects.
The university subsequently constituted a high-level inquiry committee on the orders of the Vice-Chancellor. The order stated that the inquiry found that the external question paper setter, Ashish Kumar Gupta, had shared the same questions with students on the institute’s internal portal and WhatsApp before the examination. Asish, accused, is an Assistant Professor at Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun.
The university described the alleged sharing of questions as a serious violation of the confidentiality, integrity and academic standards of its examination system. The inquiry also found a strong possibility of similar discrepancies and a breach of confidentiality in the question paper for Electromagnetic Field Theory, which had also been prepared by Gupta. ‘Keeping the credibility, purity and student interest of the examination system paramount,’ the university said it had cancelled both examinations with immediate effect.
The news came amid protests over the leak. Students are constantly demanding to stop the incidents of paper leaks and fix the responsibility.
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