Notification for Change of SPIO
State Public Information Officer (SPIO)
Prof. Pratiti Ghosh
Inspector of Colleges (Additional Charge) and
Professor, Department of Physiology
Email: pratitig@wbsu.ac.in
Appellate Authority
Prof. Subir Biswas
Registrar (Additional Charge)
Email ID: registrar.wbsu@gmail.com
The University is a Public Authority within the meaning of Right to Information Act, 2005 and it has been discharging all the duties and responsibilities as required under the Right to Information Act. The RTI Cell started functioning from June, 2012 with the appointment of State Public Information Officer.SPIO directly reports to The State Information Commissioner regarding compliance of directions/recommendations of the Commission. The RTI Cell currently composes of One Officer, One Group-C and One Group-D staff. RTI is segregated into RTI-STUDENTS and RTI-OTHERS for smooth functioning of the RTI Cell. The details about the Requests and Appeals are given below:
| RTI-STUDENTS RELATED | ||||||
| Year | Opening balance as on beginning of year | No. of applications received during the year | Decision where requests/appeals accepted | Applications which are not yet processed | Decisions where requests/appeals rejected | Total amount collected |
| 2013 | Nil | 618 | 618 | Nil | Nil | Rs. 1,29,780 |
| 2014 | Nil | 702 | 454 | 248 | Nil | Rs. 1,47,420 |
| RTI-OTHERS | ||||||
| Year | Opening balance as on beginning of year | No. of applications received during the year | Decision where requests/appeals accepted | Applications which are processed but not yet delivered | Decisions where requests/appeals rejected | Total amount collected |
| 2013 | Nil | 28 | 28 | Nil | Nil | Rs. 280 |
| 2014 | Nil | 56 | 35 | 21 | Nil | Rs. 280 |
| DETAILS REGARDING COMPLIANCE OF DIRECTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION | ||
| Year | Reference No. of cases wherein Commission made specific recommendation as per Section 25(5) | Whether action is initiated to comply with recommendations of Commission |
| 2013 | None | No |
| 2014 | None | No |