Pal Ahluwalia
Pal Ahluwalia is Professor and Vice-Chancellor of University of the South Pacific.[1]
Publications
- Politics and Post-colonial Theory: African Inflections[2]
- Post-colonialism and the Politics of Kenya
- Plantations and the Politics of Sugar in Uganda[3]
- Post-structuralism's Colonial Roots[4]
Controversy
In 2019, Vice-Chancellor Pal Ahluwalia made some allegations about a group of individuals who had a record of mismanagement at USP over the years during the leadership of previous VC, Prof. Rajesh Chandra [5]. This lead to an audit and investigation by an Auckland firm known as BDO who compiled a report over 100 pages that was leaked online [6]. In June 2020, a special council meeting led by Pro-Chancellor Winston Thompson led to the suspension of Vice-Chancellor Pal Ahluwalia who was later reinstated after a number of protests by student and staff bodies in the region. The report shows that several individuals were holding key positions with a pay range of over 300,000 - 400, 000 FJD which were above their pay range and questionable for a small-scale unranked university. These were never advertised which include some of the Directors, Deans and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor positions. It also highlights the list of bonuses and payments received by the selected group of individuals which called for further investigation by FICAC and the Fijian government [7]
References
- ↑ Reporter, P. M. C. "Pal Ahluwalia: 'My vision is to make USP one of the world's great universities' | Asia Pacific Report". Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ↑ Ahluwalia, Pal (2012-12-06). Politics and Post-Colonial Theory : African Inflections. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-18789-0.
- ↑ Ahluwalia, D. Pal S. (1995). Plantation and the Politics of Sugar in Uganda. Fountain Publishers. ISBN 978-9970-02-057-7.
- ↑ Ahluwalia, Pal (2010-09-01). "Post-structuralism's colonial roots: Michel Foucault". Social Identities. 16 (5): 597–606. doi:10.1080/13504630.2010.509563. ISSN 1350-4630.
- ↑ "USP to enforce report on mismanagement and abuse of office". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ "BDO report about mismanagement at USP". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ↑ "AG on mismanagement at USP". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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