King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has constituted a six-member disciplinary action committee to examine a Special Task Force (STF) report concerning allegations against faculty members and employees, including claims of harassment, sexual exploitation, pressure for religious conversion and suppression of complaints.
The decision was taken at a special meeting of the university’s executive council after the STF report was presented by the registrar. The report had been received through the state medical education department on October 30, according to the Times of India report. Appeals submitted by some employees and teachers were also placed before the council for consideration.
KGMU spokesperson Prof KK Singh said the committee would examine cases involving all employees and faculty members named in the STF report, review the agency’s observations and consider representations submitted by the individuals concerned. The panel will then submit its report to the executive council for further action under the university’s statutes.
The committee will be chaired by the vice-chancellor, while the registrar will act as its member secretary. The remaining four members will be nominated by the executive council and will include two KGMU faculty members and two senior administrative officers, preferably retired Indian Police Service officers.
The executive council’s resolution followed a government communication directing the university to proceed in accordance with the provisions of the KGMU Act and its statutes. The council decided to invoke the disciplinary mechanism under Chapter XI of the KGMU Statutes, 2011.
The STF report reportedly drew on complaints from at least 11 people, including resident doctors and nursing staff, and referred to two first information reports lodged in December 2025. It recommended departmental action against individuals found to be prima facie connected to the allegations. The report’s claims have not been established through the disciplinary process, and the university has not announced any final action against the people named in it.
Prof Singh said that any disciplinary action, if warranted, would be considered only after the committee submits its report. This places the committee’s examination between the STF report and any decision by the executive council, making its review the next formal stage in the university’s process.
The KGMU Teachers’ Association has separately urged the administration to verify the facts in the STF report before taking action. In a letter dated November 5 to vice-chancellor Dr Soniya Nityanand, the association said that some names, departments and designations mentioned in the report did not match official records and required verification.
The association’s general secretary, Dr Santosh Kumar, raised the objections in the letter after a general body meeting attended by around 200 teachers. A record of the discussions was submitted to the vice-chancellor, registrar and executive council members.
The six-member committee’s report will determine whether the executive council proceeds with disciplinary action under the KGMU statutes. Until then, the allegations remain subject to institutional review and the representations submitted by the concerned employees and faculty members.
