I had obtained information under the RTI Act about the interviews held in the year 2006 for the post of Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Urdu, Osmania University. The eligibility criterion... either NET (National Eligibility Test) or a Ph. D degree.
What was shocking was that, no candidate was selected despite 8 candidates possessing the NET eligibility; 13 candidates possessing the Ph. D. degree and 3 candidates possessing both Ph. D and NET appearing for the interviews.
• The candidates possessing NET are at Sl. Nos. 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 28, 29 and 30 (refer to qualifications 1 & 2).
• The Candidates possessing Ph. D. are at Sl. Nos. 1, 2, 7, 11, 16, 19, 21, 23, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30 (refer to qualifications 1 & 2).
• Whereas, the candidates possessing both Ph. D and NET are at Sl. Nos. 2, 28 and 30.
The reason why no candidate was selected was because 2 different candidates were favoured by 2 different members of the selection committee (which comprised of the then V-C (Prof. Suleman Siddiqi), the HOD of the Urdu Dept and other Subject Experts).
As a result, the students of the Dept of Urdu have been deprived of the services of an Assistant Professor, Urdu for the last 4 years.
The Governor of A.P. has been kind enough to forward my findings to the Prl. Secy, Higher Education for appropriate action.
If you have similar grievances you too can take recourse to the RTI Act and seek redressal.
Regards,
Sunand P
Great work ... Keep on
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