Overview

• The Management Council has settled on a penalty of 20% of the printing contract’s value or ₹10 lakh for the contractor responsible for the “Mumabai” typo.
• Enforcement of the fine is pending formal approval of the council meeting minutes at its next session.
• The university has begun recalling and reissuing the 2023-24 convocation certificates to correct the misspelling.
• Council members including Sheetal Devrukhkar-Sheth have demanded release of the confidential inquiry report and action against university officials they say share responsibility.
• Estimates of affected certificates vary widely, with the administration citing about 1,000 and student leaders claiming more than one lakh were issued with errors.