Nagpur University VC Puts Hall Ticket Photo Responsibility on Affiliated Colleges
Amid mounting complaints regarding erroneous hall tickets during Nagpur University's ongoing winter examinations, Vice-Chancellor Manali Kshirsagar has issued a crucial clarification. She has firmly stated that the responsibility for uploading and verifying student photographs on hall tickets rests entirely with the university's affiliated colleges, not with the central university administration itself.
Widespread Student Complaints Over Photo Discrepancies
Several students have reported significant issues with their examination hall tickets. Numerous candidates received their admit cards completely devoid of photographs, while others were shocked to find hall tickets bearing incorrect photographs that did not match their identity. The confusion escalated further when students discovered that the invigilators' attendance sheets at various examination centres displayed photographs that did not correspond even with corrected hall tickets, leading to mass confusion and anxiety among examinees.
University's Limited Role in Hall Ticket Generation
Vice-Chancellor Kshirsagar explained the university's standardized process in detail. The university only prints the admit cards in a prescribed format based strictly on the information submitted through examination forms. Once these hall tickets are generated through the central system, they are systematically handed over to the respective affiliated colleges for distribution. Photographs uploaded by the colleges are the only images that appear on the final hall tickets, she emphasized, highlighting the decentralized nature of this specific responsibility.
She further elaborated that colleges traditionally collect photographs from students at two critical junctures:
- During the initial admission process
- While students are filling out their examination forms
Colleges maintain physical and digital archives of students' photographs. Therefore, if photographs are missing from hall tickets or appear incorrect, it indicates that they were either not properly attached to the student's record or were not adequately verified at the college level before submission. This verification and upload process falls completely outside the university's direct operational purview, the VC stated unequivocally.
Absence of Formal Grievances Noted
In a related development, Kshirsagar pointed out an interesting administrative detail. The university has not yet received any formal written complaints regarding these photograph discrepancies. Neither the examination department nor the Vice-Chancellor's office has received a single official, documented grievance on this particular issue, she confirmed.
She offered a plausible explanation for this absence of formal complaints, noting that students are currently preoccupied with their ongoing examinations and may not have the bandwidth to approach university authorities through official channels. However, she reiterated that as of the current moment, there exists no official written complaint on record concerning the hall ticket photograph errors, despite the widespread verbal reports and student concerns circulating during the examination period.
