I agree with Ashu, and Saritathapa for their view with balanced perspectives. Saritathapa wrote: "In fact I would be very interested in seeing the qualification of Damodar,...." I know a bit about Mr. Damodar Gautam. I had once attended his lectures in the Adminstrative Staff College (I still recall, they were on Development Administration). The course ran for a month and we had several experts (including senior professors from TU) delivering lectures on range of topics. And Mr. Damodar Gautam was the one with best impact in the class in terms of both his way of presentation and depth of knowledge. I was particularly surprised by his academic strength despite his position then as a senior civil servant (Secretary). His bio blurb then read that he had graduate degree of some US university. Later, he served as the Chief Secretary. It is so pity that one poster in this thread compared Mr. Damodar Gautam with Lok Man Singh Karki. Surely, there must be some management problems, but the question is how to deal with them. Labeling Mr. Suresh Raj Sharma as a Mandale, corrupt or villain of KU does not help in putting the issue in right perspective. On the other hand, Mr. Sharma deserves a respect for what he has done as a visionary leader to bring KU to its present form and shape. As an outsider I do not know the internal operational practices of KU. But I can not buy all arguments put forward against the KU management. I can not imagine that the present KU management can afford firing or discriminating against "an able and competent faculty member" just because he/she happened not to be a relative of KU executives. As saritathapa rightly pointed out, it has been common practice in Nepal to use one's instituional affiliation just as a steping stone for advancing own's interest and not honor the conditionalities in the contract. And I am surprised that the complains are coming from faculty members. Rather, it should have come from student community since they deserve more qualified teachers for the amount of money they are paying. Neutral -----------------------------