Thursday 21 June 2012

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 11th FiveYear Plan:  NIPER was  allocated Rs. 156.89 crores under the 11th 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)

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