Times of India: Jaipur: Sunday,
September 25, 2016.
Rajasthan
Technical University had granted promotions to 35 teachers in July 2015, under
the career advancement scheme allegedly without seeking permission from the
state government. After the matter came to light, the government formed a
committee two months ago to look into it. A RTI report clears that state was
not informed and hints at irregularities in promotions. The committee held one
meeting and sought relevent documents from the RTU. The matter is also pending
before the ACB.
The CAS norms
say that every faculty member is required to have a certain number of research
papers to publish in reputed journals. Most of the persons, promoted under the
scheme, do not have the requisite number of published research articles. TOI
has a copy of RTI report which says that no permission was granted to RTU for
holding CAS.
"No
permission was gran ted for CAS by the state from May 13, 2013 till December 3,
2015," says a RTI reply by the state technical education department. While
the CAS interviews took plave in July 2015. Gajanand Soni, the finance officer
of RTU, has cautioned the RTU VC to take prior permission for holding CAS from
the state government on July 1, 2015 but was ignored.
Panel of
experts for CAS interviews were not approved by the academic council, say
documents. These panelists review the documents of the candidates to decide
whether the person is eligible for CAS or not. Particulars of the meeting say
that then VC Vinay Phatak had not read the names of panelist in the meeting
held on June 4, 2015. He merely read out names of the department of panelist
leaving the scope of ambiguity . At that time CP Gupta, a member, had objected
for not reading out the names of panelists. He mailed to all the members of the
board and TOI has a copy of the mail objecting the meeting.
It also
violates the three child norm of the state government which required for can
didates to appear in CAS at that time. Professor R C Bohra and V K Gorana, with
more than two children, had violated this norm. Provisions of CAS say that each
candidate is required to have a certain score on academic performance
indicators (API). This provision is also completely violated, say sources. A
RTI report, seeking this information, was not provided by the RTU repeatedly.
Report also
said that four professors have been holding two posts simultaneously . R
Shringi, A K Dwivedi, Sanjeev Mishra and J K Sharma were selected as professors
in 2013 and have been confirmed on the same on September 23, 2014. Having
confirmed, they were no more eligible to appear for CAS, as per the ordinance
of university of Rajasthan.
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