The Hans India: Nellor: Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Scholars and
students raised eyebrows on appointment of two guest lecturers in the Physical
Education department of Vikrama Simhapuri University (VSU) in general category
when the original recruitment was intended for appointing qualified retired
personnel as Deputy Directors in the same department.
Beleaguered
jobless, who were waiting for opportunities in the varsity, startled with
surprise as two persons were recruited, who were neither experienced nor
retired, from university/college service as required in the notification.
In fact, the
VSU advertised in local vernacular newspapers in the last week of December 2016
inviting applications from the retired personnel for the two posts in the
category of Deputy Director in the Physical Education department purely on
contract basis. The VSU also included some engineer positions in the same
advertisement.
Subsequently,
the varsity had received applications from both retired personnel and others
for the posts and the officials should have rejected applications from others
as the advertisement was meant for retired persons only.
To the
greatest surprise of the candidates, varsity suddenly appointed two candidates,
who were among the list of applicants as guest faculty members in the second
week of July this year. They were allotted to Kavali and varsity main campuses.
Infuriated
candidates have sought information through the Right to Information Act, they
came to know officials appointed two people refusing other retired personnel
mentioning ‘since there are no suitable candidates for the posts of Deputy
Director on contractual basis, the committee resolved to change the post to
guest faculty in the department on contract basis’.
“The varsity
should have given a corrigendum to the advertisement released earlier asking
freshers can also apply for the posts. But, they hadn’t done it and don’t know
the reason behind. They appointed their own candidates in the guise of this
recruitment process meant for selecting retired personnel,” said Subhash Yadav,
AP BC Student Association.
He also added
that they had complained to the Chief Minister on the irregularity. When,
Student Association approached the varsity through the RTI application, they
mentioned simply that they had received 8 applications, selected two
candidates’ Dr A Praveen Kumar and Ch Manikanta as guest faculty members
changing the category from contractual position to guest faculty.
But, they
failed to provide the details on when the change from retired to others was
advertised and invited fresh applications when eligible retired persons were
not available. Executive Committee approved the minutes of the change on
December 1, 2016 and the selection committee also permitted on July 13, 2017
and the appointments were made without considering the mandatory norms of
giving corrigendum, student union leaders alleged. “We have initially invited
applications for the posts of Deputy Director in the Physical Education
department and then appointed others when there were no eligible candidates in
the category,” said Dr M Chandraiah, Registrar of VSU.
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