Late last week NUJS Kolkata faculty and elected student representatives submitted letters to the college administration running to dozens of pages of grievances, including declining faculty standards and opaque, apparently arbitrary decision-making from the top, reported the Times of India earlier today.
Following an academic council (AC) meeting yesterday (21 July), vice chancellor (VC) Professor Ishwara Bhatt agreed to several changes in respect of future recruitment and staffing processes at the college.
Noojie SJA: Taking up the cause
The Student Juridical Association (SJA) wrote, a letter to the registrar, academic council and executive council members on behalf of the NUJS student body on 19 July 2013.
The letter closed with the students urging the recipients “to treat this matter with the utmost urgency and act upon it in a way that can restore NUJS to its former glory of boasting the best faculty in the country”.
In particular, students complained about the recent departure of well-respected and qualified faculty members and the administration’s slow progress in filling the vacancies, especially in terms of permanent faculty:
“Not only is it becoming curiously difficult for a prestigious institution like ours to retain its best faculty, but its inability to find suitable replacements is even more tragic. A natural consequence of this problem has been that many a time, teachers are compelled to double up for courses that are not their area of specialization or are overburdened with too many courses.”
Furthermore, new candidates were neither being screened as rigorously as before nor were the positions advertised properly, alleged the SJA, resulting in one teacher who had not yet obtained his LLM degree, teaching a compulsory subject such as banking law.
Bhatt told Legally India that all future society, committee and hiring positions would be placed before faculty members to take into account their inclinations and preferences.
He added that they would aim to recruit for all the vacant positions at the college – two associate professors, and four assistant professors, according to Bhatt – within around “three months or so”.
On top of that, the SJA pointed out perceived issues in transparency, relating to exam grading, unfair allocation of elective courses on a first-emailed-first-served basis and anti-plagiarism measures.
[Click here to view copy of the students’ letter]
Faculty
A letter by faculty members Dr Arup Poddar and Dr Sreenivasulu, dated 20 July, echoed some of the students’ concerns, bemoaning how “policy making at NUJS has become very opaque, particularly in relation to academic matters”, a “dwindling” number of faculty meetings.
The teachers alleged that faculties’ subject allocations were never addressed adequately, that “academic policies are changed at the drop of a hat” and rarely adequately notified, a mushrooming of committees under the VC that were not staffed in order of seniority, and that grace marks were awarded arbitrarily and affecting “the sanctity of evaluation done by the teacher”.
NLSIU Bangalore and GNLU Bangalore administrators have faced related allegations in respect of apparently discretionary retroactive re-grading, or so-called “goodness marks” in GNLU’s case.
The NUJS faculty members in their letter also accused the VC of “ostensible favouritism” in recent appointments, due to comparatively less-qualified hires than others having had “prior relations with” the current VC, who also sat on the selection committee.
They also raised grievances in respect of teachers’ emoluments.
[Click here to read faculty’s petition]
Bhatt said that some faculty members had unfortunately left the college because they had been offered higher positions – such as a jump to associate professor from assistant professor – at other law schools.
He noted that the academic council, which includes Nalsar Hyderabad professor Amita Dhanda and 10 others, including the VC, would be more closely involved in rewarding and retaining teachers.
“We are committed to the cause of upholding the education standard and we’ll work as a team,” said Bhatt.
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You are a fake poster as these people never taught the first batch! It is clear who you really are, and you suck!
Maane Soummo, it's time to rock and roll!
Please contribute for my ticket.. I will reimburse contributors when I become VC
Same way as the two jokers got appointed VC at NLUO!!! NLUO is not surprised to see jokers as VCs. We have gotten quite used to them.
A Sad Alumnus!
by the way, what is B+? Your grade throughout your career?
2.NLU/NLIU/NLUD
3.NUJS and falling
I wonder who it might be?
docs.google.com/a/nujs.edu/file/d/0B4XaA30casoDaWlRWXl3ak90QWs/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
He has never recovered
Achievements / Honours:
Students and university opinion poll adjudged me as the one among the most beautiful persons at the National University of Juridical Sciences, NUJS for the year 2007-2008
www.nujs.edu/faculty/ns-sreenivasulu.html
You should join the faculty of a N-law school. Surely, you can save them from the dismal fate that awaits them. You seem to have "legal acumen" in spades.
"WB NUJS Act, 1999
Section 14- Appointment of University Review Commission.
(1) The Chancellor shall, at least once in every five years, constitute a Commission to review the working of the University and to make recommendations.
(2) The Commission shall consist of not less than three eminent educationalists, one of whom shall be the Chairman of such Commission appointed by the Chancellor in consultations with the State Government.
(3) The terms and conditions of appointment of the members shall be such as the Chancellor may determine.
(4) The Commission shall, after holding such enquiry as it deems fit, make its recommendation to the Chancellor.
(5) The Chancellor may take such action on the recommendations as he deems fit."
Dear Friend
On 8th May 2010 , the Chancellor was requested to form the Univer4sity Review Commission under Sec 14 of NUJS Acts and Regulation . This happened when the illegalities were exposed to the EC AND Prof. M.P. Singh VC of NUJS and D. Mukhopadhyay Registrar of NUJS Both submitted their resignation . But the then CJI Justice Kapadia did not constitute the UNIVERSITY REVIEW COMMISSION.
Prof. Singh was asked to withdraw his resignation and Regiatrar's resignation was accepted.
This is NUJS and these are the PERFORMANCE of the Authority of NUJS to suppress financial scam and illegalities of appointments in NUJS
Please refer the official recording Minutes of the EC meeting dated 8th May 2010. If M.P. Singh had resigned to introduce new programs etc at the University then why did the above MOM resolution said that UNIVERSITY REVIEW COMMISSION to be constituted in NUJS to review the working of NUJS. If M.P. Singh had resigned to introduce new programs etc at the University then why did the Registrar also resigned.
Do not give false statements in this forum by saying that the other EC members came out in massive support of MP Singh. If it is true then why Hon'ble Justice Mookherjee resigned ?
If M.P. Singh had resigned to introduce new programs etc at the University then why did he requested the Senior Faculty Members not to take up the matter to EC and AC of NUJS.
Remember each and every letters and correspondences of NUJS are available with us that is why it is possible to mention each and every illegal and financial scam in NUJS to benefit illegal appointees in NUJS .
Its defined in the disctionary as:
v.fart·ed, fart·ing, farts
To expel intestinal gas through the anus; break wind.
n. fart
1. An often audible discharge of intestinal gas.
2. An annoying or foolish person.
I was referring to the latter
verb
[no object]
1emit wind from the anus.
2 (fart around (or British also fart about)) waste time on silly or trivial things.
noun
1an emission of wind from the anus.
2a boring or contemptible person:he was such an old fart
The current administration is sitting on a huge pile of money received from UGC (Professor Singh never had that luxury because UGC grants came in after Professor Bhat had joined). Ask them what they have done.
40 to 50 first year students have been provided with bunk beds in a large hall with little ventilation. Imagine the plight of those poor students.
Kian doesn't bother about these issues. NUJS has the worst infrastructure despite a large UGC grant . Faculty and administration are still waiting to receive their Dearness Allowance. Central Government raised the DA in Feb 2013 but Professor Bhat has not called the Finance Committee meeting to seek their consent to implement hikes in DA.
In the previous faculty recruitment some of the candidates who better qualified than the two Assistant Professors selected were happily ignored. A particular candidate with a Doctoral Degree in Europe and a distinguished academic with experience expressed his inability to travel to Kolkata for interview and instead sought permission to be interviewed online. However, our great Professor Bhat refused permission and hired his own student.
There are a lot of anomalies which LI needs to dig out.
Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the Director of Indian Law Institute. A great loss for NUJS, mostly for the students.
As DU is taking over ISIL, JNU is taking over ILI!!! What happens to Prof. Sivakumar now??
Dear Kian
Why my response to NUJS Alumni has been blocked?
Dear Kian
Thanks to you for your response. What ever I have said , i say that based on documents of NUJS. If you remember I have been writing the comments for a long tome in LI . Some of my comments was published and some were blocked. Whatever I say is a fact and facts based on documents of NUJS. I have more documents with me. Once Prachi wrote on the violation on RTI by NUJS. Prachi was true and I have the documents how NUJS made fool of the Judiciary system of India. The judiciary system and all the Satutory bodies and Councils of the education system of our country will bow down their head in shame on what happened in NUJS from Year 2008 and is still going now. The illegal acts of the Authority of NUJS has polluted the atmosphere of a Legal education which has now resulted in Sexual harassment in the premises of NUJS which NUJS authority did not act for 1 year. As you are one of the eminent journalist of India in Legal education who should also raise your voice to restore legal atmosphere in NUJS.
Hope you will publish my comments and I assure you none of my comments will be outside the documents that I have. Through you I appeal to LI and all the media house of India to come forward and stand beside me on my struggle to STOP CORRUPTION in Legal education University.
Or, if they are just documents, why not post them up on a filesharing service such as scribd or elsewhere, or send them to us by email and we'll post them up.
Then we can have an open discussion about the contents and allegations, so everyone is literally on the same page...
Dear Kian .
My sincere aplogy to you for the delay in replying your comments and the comments of pi.
I am quite surprised to know that LI dont have a part of the documents. I understand that those are available with LI. However i feel the puprose to STOP CORRUPTION will not happen in open discussion in this forum. It's not a mere allegation it is fact of the huge corruption in NUJS which has been presented with documents to each members of EC and GC of NUJS and the Stautory bodies of the education system of India. It was quite surprising that though a report was sought by GC , yet the same was not submitted by Prof. M.P. Singh. To protect the illegalities intead of making a report , Prof. M.P. Singh in his letter (addressed to only one particular GC Member wrote ) on his own cited the busy schedule of the that particular member of GC and Prof. M.P. Singh takes a decision on own in his letter that the the particular member does not expect a detail explanation of the points that has been raised with documents. Thereby Prof. M.P. Singh intentionally chooses to remain silent on giving a report on each points that highlighted the illegalities in NUJS with documents.
The same thing happened when Prof. M.P. Singh wrote a similar letter to the then Chancellor EX-CJI Justice Kapdia.
After this , may I know from LI , TOI , the people of India and the students and the SJA of NUJS and the Faculty of NUJS " What is the expectation from a Legal Institution of NUJS"
www.ndtv.com/article/south/iit-madras-faculty-appointments-to-be-investigated-by-cbi-397061?pfrom=home-health
Will our Judiciary system call for a CBI enquiry in NUJS.? If it does I will present to the CBI all documents on the financial scams , illegal appointments , financial and administrative benefits to illegal appointees, breaking the rules of NUJS and UGC to pass on the all benefit to illegal appointees, under qualified appointee assigned to teach LLM course in NUJS, illegalities of M,Phil course , using letter head on NUJS to issue false certificates, mental torture to woman faculty, violation of EC resolution, tampering EC MOM agenda by suppressing facts , breaking law of RTI and fooling Judiciary system, harassing RTI applicants.............. more and more are there
Oh!!! That was very well put. I admit that we r meek people. And even if some of us want to take any action against the college authorities, either our voices are hushed by the same authorities or we dont know the exact method and means to act on our intentions! :/
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