Vadodara: A female student of Maharaja Sayajirao University (MS University) Fine Arts faculty died of electric shock in the college itself. Kajal Chaudhary, a student of Fine Arts college who was from Valsad in South Gujarat was found lying on the floor by students of Fine Arts faculty. Kajal was taken to medical facility where she was declared dead. According to faculty, Kajal is believed to have died due to electric shock wile using an electric coil water heater ( a hand-held water heater) ...Read More

Vadodara: After remaining vacant for nearly nine months, the post of Vice-Chancellor of M S University of Baroda (MSU) has been filled with the appointment of eminent chemistry scholar Professor Bhalchandra M. Bhanage. The position fell vacant in January after the resignation of V. K. Shrivastava. Prof. Bhanage, 59, currently Senior Professor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry at Mumbai’s Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT, formerly UDCT), will take charge from in-charge V-C Prof. Dh...Read More

Vadodara: The Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) has blacklisted Shilpa Caterers after over 130 female students were hospitalized at SSG Hospital between Tuesday night and Wednesday due to food poisoning. The students, all residents of the Sarojini Devi Hall girls' hostel, began experiencing symptoms such as severe stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea shortly after midnight, just hours after consuming dinner at the hostel mess. In response to the incident, the university has ended its contrac...Read More

Vadodara: More than 100 female students from Maharaja Sayajirao University's girls' hostels were rushed to the government-run SSG Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday after several began experiencing symptoms of food poisoning, primarily vomiting. Officials from both MSU and SSG Hospital confirmed that the students are in stable condition. Many have already been discharged after receiving primary treatment. Professor Dhanesh Patel, the acting vice-chancellor of MSU, stated that about 350 st...Read More

Vadodara: A Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed that the foreign trips of the former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of a Vadodara university, Dr. Vijay Srivastava, cost the institution ₹21 lakh during his tenure. The RTI, filed by Kapil Joshi, a former Senate member of the Faculty of Social Work, sought details of expenses incurred during the VC's international travels. The information obtained indicates that Dr. Srivastava visited the UK, Japan, Italy, and France between 2022 and 2024,...Read More

Vadodara: A few days ago, BJP MP Hemang Joshi wrote to former MS University (MSU) Vice-Chancellor (V-C) V K Shrivastava, asking him to vacate his official residence, ‘Dhanvantri,’ to uphold the institution’s dignity. Now, the university has issued a written notice directing him to leave at the earliest. On Friday evening, students staged a protest outside the bungalow, holding banners and criticizing Shrivastava’s "disdainful conduct." They also pasted a "public notice" on the gate and ...Read More

Vadodara: One questionable appointment by the government, and controversies are not stopping at Vadodara's heart-like prestigious Maharaja Sayajirao University (MS University). Tainted former Vice Chancellor Vijay Srivastava whose appointment was challenged by a senior professor in the High Court and who resigned just before his end of term has not vacated the official bungalow of the Vice Chancellor of MSU yet. Now the local Lok Sabha member has intervened and asked Srivastava to vacate the bun...Read More