Re-evaluation scam: DVAC grill 2 assistant professors

According to sources, the two faculty members arrived at the DVAC office around 11 am on Friday, and the questioning continued till late in the evening. 

The case relates to the alleged malpractices in re-evaluation process of answer scripts of hundreds of students in 2017.

In the FIR, DVAC have cited G V Uma, former controller of examinations of Anna University and professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology, now under suspension, as the main suspect. Uma had worked as the exam controller from March 2013 to March 2018. Vijay Kumar and Sivakumar worked as zonal co-ordinators at the valuation centre in Tindivanam.

Others in the list of accused are R Sundarajan, examiner, NPR College of Engineering and Technology; M Mahesh Babu and R Anbu Selvan, examiners, SKP Engineering College; I Pragatheeswar, examiner, AC College of Technology, M Ramesh Kannan, examiner, Salem College of Technology; and examiners C N Pratheeba and S Ramesh.

DVAC charged the suspects of conspiring together and demanding illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from each student who wanted to increase the marks originally awarded in the examination. For this, they altered marks and forged the answer sheets accordingly.

During the re-evaluation last year, 3,02,380 students had applied; 73,773 students passed, while another 16,636 improved their marks.