NIPER registrar issues gag order
MOHALI: The officiating registrar of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, has for the first time issued a gag order on all faculty, staff members, officers, banning them from speaking to the media.
The orders were issued after media reported research being carried out by its faculty to treat coronavirus. The faculty members now allege such bans do not work and instead lead to staff speaking off the record.
In the order, registrar Jitender Kumar Chandel stated, “... research documents/correspondence, proposals, are held by the respective employees/ departments in fiduciary capacity and strictly ‘need to know basis’.” He did not respond to calls for comment. HTC