Proposal for GIPE Nagpur campus to be dropped: SIS

Clarifying sequence of events, Society stated that it first approached GIPE for financial assistance in October 2022

- Dheeraj Bengrut

PUNE: Following registration of an FIR in the alleged financial fraud involving the Servants of India Society (SIS) and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), the SIS has decided to withdraw its proposal for establishing a GIPE campus in Nagpur.

P K Dwivedi, committee member and former president of SIS, confirmed the decision stating that the entire issue revolves around land in Nagpur which was being acquired for the GIPE campus. "The proposed campus was meant to offer new courses and benefit students. However, with allegations of fraud now levelled against SIS members, there is no point in continuing with the project," Dwivedi said. He added that the organisation may consider putting the land on the open market and a final decision regarding the same will be taken later.