Mangaluru: Dr. MS Moodithaya takes charge as Vice-Chancellor of Nitte 'Deemed to be University'
Mangaluru: Dr. MS Moodithaya, a renowned academician who was serving as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Nitte (Deemed to be University) in Mangaluru, has assumed the position of Vice-Chancellor of the university. His appointment as the Vice-Chancellor was officially announced on Wednesday.
Dr. Moodithaya brings with him a wealth of experience in the field of education. He previously held various important roles within Nitte University, including Registrar and Director (Global Initiatives). Additionally, he served as the director of K.S. Hegde Institute of Management in Nitte, principal of NSAM First Grade College, and taught at esteemed institutions such as SDM College of Business Management in Mangaluru, MGM College Udupi, and Mysore University, PG Centre in Davangere.
His educational background is impressive, having completed his graduation in commerce and post-graduation in cost accounting from the University of Mysore. He further pursued his doctoral degree from Mangalore University and conducted post-doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.
Throughout his illustrious career spanning over four decades, Dr. Moodithaya has made significant contributions to academia. He has authored numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals, written ten books, and successfully completed more than a dozen research projects funded by prestigious organizations such as the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, Karnataka State Agriculture and Marketing Board, NABARD, Ford Foundation, ICSSR, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Ministry of Finance, and the Government of India's UPenn Global Engagement Fund, among others.
Furthermore, he has served as a visiting professor at renowned universities worldwide, including the University of Pennsylvania (U.S.), Erasmus University (Netherlands), Makerere University (Uganda), National University of Philippines, and the University of New England, among others.
He has also guided and produced PhDs on contemporary issues in management such as Financial Inclusion, Corporate Philanthropy and Quality Management Systems, a release from the university said.
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Court can reject anticipatory bail but cannot direct accused to surrender: SC
New Delhi (PTI): A court can reject anticipatory bail of an accused but it has no jurisdiction to direct him to surrender before the trial court, the Supreme Court has said.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while hearing a plea filed by a man accused of cheating and forgery.
"If the court wants to reject the anticipatory bail, it may do so, but the court has no jurisdiction to say that the petitioner should now surrender," the bench said.
The Jharkhand High Court had rejected anticipatory bail plea of the accused and asked him to surrender and seek regular bail.
In this case, a complaint had been filed before a magistrate alleging offences under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120B read with 34 of the IPC, in connection with a land dispute.
The high court had dismissed the second anticipatory bail application of the accused on the ground that no new circumstances were shown.
It had relied on its earlier order rejecting his first anticipatory bail plea, in which the court directed the petitioner to surrender before the trial court and seek regular bail in terms of the decision in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI.
The top court said such a direction was wholly without jurisdiction and said that if a court chooses to reject anticipatory bail, it may do so, but it cannot compel the accused to surrender.
