Ironically, there is criticism over the appointment of OSD to VC to the budding small university
There is no university in the Telangana state including Osmania University which has appointed an OSD to the VC
KARIMNAGAR, JANUARY 16, 2025: Satavahana University Vice Chancellor Prof U Umesh Kumar has undertaken a massive exercise to fine-tune the University administration to achieve academic and research excellence.
Buoyed over successfully securing the three-year LLB and M Pharmacy courses from the academic year 2025-26, the Vice Chancellor accorded top priority to the administration of the university activities by allocating various tasks to the faculty members on Thursday.
Accordingly, University Commerce College principal Harikanth has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Vice Chancellor, Urdu department faculty member Humera Tasleem has been appointed as the Satavahana Estate officer, Mohammed Jaffer as the Director of Directorate of Admissions, Abrul Baki as infrastructure Director, Manohar as Chief Warden and Management department and chairman Board of Studies, Sarasija as the Academic audit cell director and chairman BoS Chemistry department, Sriranga Prasad as Business management department head, K Srivani as Economics department head, Vijay Prakash as PRO and English department head.
Joseph Raju is the Food Science and Technology in-charge head, Prasad is the Mathematics in charge head, S Kiran is the Botany department head, Arjun is in in charge of the Computer science department, Tirupati is coordinator of the confidential section, Manoj is Youth Welfare officer.
Among the non-teaching staff, the VC had appointed Santosh Kumar as the VC’s personal secretary, Maruthi as VC’s assistant, and Srikanth as the Registrar’s personal assistant.
Criticism over appointment of OSD culture
There is criticism over appointment of the OSD to the VC the budding and small university in the district. When the former VC S Mallesham had appointed Vannala Ramesh as the OSD, there was widespread protest in the district. Again the same mistake is being committed by the VC, say the educationists. The Satavahana University is not such a big university wherein the VC is busy and the OSD has to look after his activities during his absence, the sources said.
