The Ministry has also sought a clarification from the vice chancellor about the preparation made to launch Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) by the end of this month. The online courses will be open and accessible worldwide and will be provided free of cost.
The first MOOC course is expected to start this month-end in a series called 'India in the 21st century'. It comprises a series of lectures delivered by the VC himself. Dinesh Singh has been at the centre of controversy ever since the row over the four year undergraduate programme (FYUP) broke out, with HRD ministry directing him to roll back the programme in June last year as it had no approval from the President who is the Visitor to Central universities.
The HRD ministry had also forwarded the President a letter written by CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury highlighting alleged irregularities by the VC in the varsity's functioning.
In his letter, Yechury has also mentioned about a 'white paper' released by Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) alleging grave illegalities, academic erosion and administrative breakdown due to abuse of office by the VC.
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