New Delhi: A circular issued by the directorate of higher education has asked Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) to examine a complaint received through Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) public grievance portal regarding its vice-chancellor Professor Mahesh Verma’s move to establish an offshore campus in South America’s Guyana.The complaint alleges that the proposal is legally “questionable, unconstitutional and violates territorial jurisdiction”. The university has been directed to review the matter, take action according to rules and submit a detailed factual report with para-wise comments on the allegations along with supporting documents at the earliest.Dr Kamal Pathak, GGSIPU registrar, said, “The university has jurisdiction restrictions only for the purpose of affiliation, which is being followed by it in letter and spirit. The current proposal is to set up a university-owned campus (not an affiliated institution), hence there is no violation of jurisdiction,” he said.According to the varsity, Section 5 of GGSIP University Act gives it powers of cooperation and collaboration with other universities or institutions of higher learning. “Sub-section 10 states ‘to co-operate or collaborate or associate with any other university, authority or institution of higher learning in such manner and for such purpose as the university may determine’, and sub-section 43 states ‘to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of all or any of the powers of the university or necessary or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the university’,” university officials said.They added that the initiative gained momentum during the Jan 2023 visit to India of Mohamed Irfaan Ali, president of Guyana and an alumnus of the university. He expressed a desire for the university to expand higher education opportunities for students in Guyana. “The initiative for the offshore campus began with this,” the officials said.“On Dec 11, 2024, a communication was received from the director of GOAL and vice-chair, National Accreditation Council of Guyana, conveying the approval of the country’s ministry of education for the establishment of an offshore campus,” GGSIPU officials said, adding that the administrative department, higher education, conveyed its approval to the university on Oct 30, 2025. “The proposal is still under active consideration of both countries to work out the modalities of collaboration,” the officials said, adding that “a detailed report on this is being sent to Delhi govt”.The directorate of higher education director said that she would look into the matter.