Reserved category student Viraj Pandagale received his Masters scholarship amount of '11,321 on February 17, just three days after mid-day reported about his five-year struggle to get it. But considering the amount of time the Mumbai University (MU) has taken to hand over the scholarship to Pandagale, even though it was sanctioned by the government in 2015, the Maharashtra State Commission for SC & ST has asked the varsity to take action against the officials concerned due to whom the process got delayed.

Pandagale had completed his one-year Masters in Education course in 2013-14. While he continued to fight for his scholarship, he completed his PhD and bagged a job in a temporary position in the varsity. It was only after he approached the Maharashtra Navnirman Vidyarthi Sena (MNVS) and the state Social Welfare Department intervened, his case came to light.