Anna University to hire retired faculty
Legal issues impede new appointments
27/02/2020 , R. Sujatha, CHENNAI
The university listed 193 vacancies in 2017-18, with no spots filled that year.M. Karunakaran
Anna University’s Syndicate has decided to appoint retired professors to teach students.
The university has not been able to appoint faculty to vacant posts pending petitions in the court for over two years. The university’s Annual Quality Assurance Report 2017-18 listed 193 vacancies and no posts were filled that year. Professors said vacancies could be over 200 as a few more have retired.
A senior professor said such appointments had been made earlier by the University. Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa said such a scheme existed in all universities across the country.
“The scheme is designed to use services of eminent faculty, not from other States but from within the State,” he said.
The appointment would only be for a limited period and the retired faculty would be hired from within the State, he said. Though the Syndicate had approved a salary component of around ₹1.20 lakh, the university had not implemented it yet.
An IIT professor had chosen NIT over the university as the salary was poor here, Mr. Surappa added. But a senior faculty pointed out to a G.O. denying re-employment for university teachers beyond 60 years of age.
Legal issues impede new appointments
27/02/2020 , R. Sujatha, CHENNAI
The university listed 193 vacancies in 2017-18, with no spots filled that year.M. Karunakaran
Anna University’s Syndicate has decided to appoint retired professors to teach students.
The university has not been able to appoint faculty to vacant posts pending petitions in the court for over two years. The university’s Annual Quality Assurance Report 2017-18 listed 193 vacancies and no posts were filled that year. Professors said vacancies could be over 200 as a few more have retired.
A senior professor said such appointments had been made earlier by the University. Vice-Chancellor M.K. Surappa said such a scheme existed in all universities across the country.
“The scheme is designed to use services of eminent faculty, not from other States but from within the State,” he said.
The appointment would only be for a limited period and the retired faculty would be hired from within the State, he said. Though the Syndicate had approved a salary component of around ₹1.20 lakh, the university had not implemented it yet.
An IIT professor had chosen NIT over the university as the salary was poor here, Mr. Surappa added. But a senior faculty pointed out to a G.O. denying re-employment for university teachers beyond 60 years of age.
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