NAAC removes roughly 900 assessors nationwide following the KL University bribery case.

Following the CBI's arrest of NAAC inspection-committee members and KL University office-bearers in a bribery case, NAAC undertook a wider review of its assessor pool and the assessments they had conducted.

By late February 2025, NAAC had reportedly removed roughly 900 assessors nationwide, per Indian Express reporting relayed by Careers360 — a scale of action that indicates the case was treated as a systemic concern rather than an isolated incident limited to KL University alone.

This broader review is separate from, but connected to, the specific five-year re-accreditation bar placed on KL University (KLEF) described in the Accreditation Notice on this page.