Rajasthan Technical University promoted teachers without consent of govt

JAIPUR:

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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