Misappropriation of 11th Five Year Plan Funds at NIPER is likely to exceed Rs.100 crores - Part II

1.             Details of total NIPER budget under 11^th FiveYear Plan:  NIPER was  allocated Rs. 156.89 crores under the 11^th Five Year Plan (2007-12) for executing various projects, FUNDED IN NATIONAL INTEREST BY THE TAX PAYERS MONEY. Out of this, Rs.95 crores was released for 22 ongoing schemes and Rs.61.89 crores for 19 new schemes as per details given below:

Scheme Code	Name	5-Yr.Plan Budget (2007-12) Rs. Lacs		Remarks/Team Leader/Principal Investigator
Ongoing Schemes
C-01	Teaching Program	300	Not listed in final presentation
C-02	System Biology	380	Not listed in final presentation
C-03	In vitro/alternative method of screening	475	Dr.K.B.Tikoo
C-04	Diabetic Complications	550	Dr.S.S.Sharma
C-05	Pharma Parasitology/ Virology/Infection Lab	913	Dr.P.P.Singh
C-06	Lead Molecules for TB, Malaria and Leishmania	515	Dr.A.K.Chakraborti
C-07	Pharma Grid	1106	Dr.P.V.Bharatam
C-08	Pharmacoinformatics	325	Dr.P.V.Bharatam
C-09	Chiral Drugs/ Bio-Chemo Enzymatic Transformation	178	Dr.U.C.Banerjee
C-10	Pharmacy Heritage	145	Not listed in final presentation
C-11	Nano Technology and Drug Delivery System	525	Dr.Neeraj Kumar
C-12	Business Development Group	175	Not listed in final presentation.
C-13	Reference Standard Development	200	Dr.Saranjit Singh
C-14	Advanced Centre for Traditional Medicine	639	Dr.S. Jachak
C-15	Impurity Profiling and Stability Testing Facility	102	Dr.Saranjit Singh
C-16	Standardization of Herbal Products	223	Dr.I.P.Singh
C-17	Pharmacological and Toxicological Screening	148	Dr.S.S.Sharma
C-18	National Bio-availability Centre	257	Not listed in final presentation. No progress/achievements presented.
C-19	Technology Development Centre	569	-do-
C-20	Library/Electronic Journals	550	-do-
C-21	CIL (Central Instruments Laboratory)	750	-do-
C-22	Project Manpower Expenditure	475	-do-
	Total (A)	9500
New Schemes
N-01	Boys Hostel	500	Construction completed
N-02	Swimming Pool	125	Construction completed, but not even functional for 1 day! Not a drop of water released till date. No approach road/parking constructed. Cost escalated.
N-03	Shopping Centre	005	Construction completed
N-04	Community Centre	045	Construction complete, but hardly used.
N-05	Auditorium	550	Not constructed at all.
N-06	Extension of National Bioavailability Centre	044	Partial construction completed.
N-07	Health Centre	057	No visible construction.
N-08	Type II-V Houses	455	Some construction took place.
N-09	Provision of additional bridge/gate	286	Only bridge made.
N-10	Earth Filling and Landscaping	128	Hardly any work done.
N-11	Furniture and air-conditioning	400	No auditorium made. Not known where this money has gone.
N-12	Herbal Preservation Set-up		Not listed in final presentation. No progress/achievements presented.
N-13	Setting up of a dosage forms pilot plant	541	Construction undergoing and plant not yet functional.
N-14	New Specialization in Pharma Management (R&D mgmt.)	160	Dr.Anand Sharma. No fund released for intial 4 years and Dr.Sharma not informed of existence of project. Rs.10 lacs released in last year. No new specialization introduced, though course started using existing staff, for which no additional expense was incurred.
N-15	Research in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmaco-economics	250	Not listed in final presentation. No progress/achievements presented.
N-16	Clinical Research Training	250	Dr.Pramil Tiwari
N-17	Setting up of Department of Intellectual Property Rights	225	Dr.Parikshit Bansal. No department established. All objectives of the project failed. Money misappropriated by NIPER administration. More than 50% of outlay was for hiring technical manpower. Not a single person recruited!
N-18	Drugs for neglected diseases	1583	Dr.K.P.R.Kartha
N-19	Cerebral Ischemia/MRI	500	Not listed in final presentation. No progress/achievements presented.
	Total (B)	6189
	Grand Total A+ B	15689	Total outlay of 11th Five Year Plan was Rs. 156.89 crores over five year period (2007-12)