The Mumbai University's Bal Apte Centre for Studies, named after the late Rajya Sabha MP from BJP and an RSS ideologue, has been embroiled in controversy three years after it was formed. It was set up after being granted a sanction of R25 crore. Students are pointing out that there has been no activity here.

A report in this paper said that the centre itself was defunct for all practical purposes. Its objectives, which were to offer different courses from short-term and certificate, to Masters and PhD-level programmes on career planning, youth leadership and empowerment, have not fructified.