When Nalanda University was inaugurated by PM Modi yesterday, we must also remember what happened with this same University under PM Manmohan Singh in the UPA Era! When UPA government inaugurated Nalanda University in Bihar in 2007, Amartya Sen was made the first Chancellor of the university. A very important feature of his appointment was that he had all powers in the name of "autonomy". So much so that he did not even have to provide the account of money spent on anything to the government. Imagine a public servant spending any amount of taxpayers' money and yet exempt from any kind of accountability. Not only that, he was drawing a salary of ₹ 5 lakh per month - a university chancellor of a government university drawing a salary more than any other public servant. Apart from that, he had unlimited foreign trips allowances on taxpayers money by the virtue of being Nalanda University Chancellor. The story doesn't end here. During the 7 years (2007-2...