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Chaos over qualification ambiguity at Punjabi university interviews
published on : 30/07/2013
Category : University Grant Commission
PATIALA: Chaos prevailed at Punjabi University here on Monday as the varsity authorities refused to conduct interviews of dozens of candidates for the post of assistant professors, saying that they were not eligible for the posts. The university had advertised walk-in interviews for 16 posts of assistant professors of computer sciences in eight of its engineering colleges. However, the authorities refused to interview around 60 candidates, who were not UGC/NET qualified, sources said. Although the advertisement had mentioned that the "posts will carry UGC qualifications and norms", those who haven't qualified UGC/NET turned up at the interview, saying that candidates without qualifying UGC/NET were recruited by the university in the recent past. "Moreover, there were several streams of MTech, in which UGC doesn't conduct national eligibility test (NET). In this scenario, those who have done MTech in those streams will never be eligible for such posts," said a candidate. Since the advertisement had only mentioned that "the posts carry UGC qualification and pay scales, as approved by the university", most students complained that this clause carried ambiguity and didn't clear what were the latest UGC guidelines. On the other hand, university authorities claimed that interviews were conducted in accordance with the latest UGC guidelines. Devinder Singh, registrar of the university, said that earlier, the UGC qualification was not mandatory for the posts of assistant professors. "The university had decided to conduct interviews in accordance with the new norms. Most students were not aware of the development," said Singh, adding that, over 50 students were not allowed to appear in the interview.
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