Established on October 6, 1821, Yerwada’s Deccan College is rich in history, but hard up in empirical terms. One of the oldest surviving educational institutions in the country, with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sir RG Bhandarkar and RD Ranade among its alumni, the academy is the epitome of neglect. About 20 teaching posts in three departments have been lying unfilled for many years. Similarly, the future of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical Principals’ project too remains uncertain. Started here in 1948, 28 volumes of the encyclopaedia have been published so far. But currently, 23 of the 25 posts in the project are vacant.u00a0

Hope Floats: Last month, a committee appointed by HRD ministry visited the college and took a review of all the vacancies. File Pic