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University of Hyderabad VC goes on leave

| | Jan 25, 2016, at 02:17 pm
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IBNS): The University of Hyderabad (UoH) Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao has gone on a leave since Sunday, reports said.

Vipin Srivastava has been appointed as the in-charge VC in the absence of Rao.

The university has been witnessing severe protests since the suicide of a student Rohith Vemula.

Vemula had committed suicide at a hostel room of the university on Jan 17.

The death of Vemula, a backward caste student have raised agitations in the country, with many students body protesting against the incumbent government for negligence towards the backward caste.
 

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