he Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has booked a criminal case against 10 persons, including former Director of Affiliation Department of Anna University and its faculty members, and private engineering colleges for violation of rules, falsification of documents, malpractice, and corruption in granting affiliation to ineligible private colleges during 2023-24.
Based on the declaration made by the engineering colleges, the Centre of Affiliation of Institutions (CAI), Anna University, verifies the facilities through inspections and grants approval for affiliation to them.
The First Information Report (FIR) alleged that the members of the Inspection Committee and Standing Committee of the CAI entered into a criminal conspiracy with unknown officials of Anna University, private individuals, and private engineering colleges and its faculty members in 2023-24 and injudiciously granted affiliation to ineligible private colleges.
They had violated the rules, procedures, and norms prescribed by the All India Institute for Technical Education (AICTE) established by law and, thereby, committed falsification of documents, cheating, criminal misconduct, and criminal breach of trust, amounting to offences under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
