Released advertisements for filling up 550 vacant posts in the exam department.
Once the new employees are recruited, the university will not have to rely on people
on contract.
University of Pune officiating vice-chancellor Sanjay Chahande
has said that the university will stop outsourcing the exam departments work with
effect from June 2012. The varsity’s exam department has been in the news in the
recent past for instances of bogus mark lists and the action initiated against four
of the department’s employees in connection with the same over the last two months.
Chahande said, “We have taken a decision to stop outsourcing from June 2012. Instead,
the emphasis will be on strengthening the computerization drive at the department
and evaluation of papers at the varsity itself. Barring some important academic
courses, all exam-related work is outsourced to external agencies. A major cause
behind the exam department’s present woes is also the inadequate number of staff
required for handling the vast exam work.
As of now, a bulk of the work is being done by people engaged on contract service.
Chahande said, “We have already released advertisements for filling up 550 vacant
posts in the exam department. Once the new employees are recruited, the university
will not have to rely on people on contract”. On the neglect of the varsity competitive
examination centre, Chahande said, “I have personally visited the centre after reports
about students facing inconvenience. We have now appointed two additional deputy
directors to take care of the centre. On the delay in completion of the Ph.D admissions,
Chahande said; that the first of the two-stage entrance process has already been
completed and results of online paper-I were announced the same day. The time-table
for paper-II has been disrupted, but we are sure that the admissions will be completed
soon, he added.
Foundation Day:
Veteran Raghunath, poet Mashelkar Mangesh Padgaonkar, will be among and the noted
six persons scientist to receive the UoP's Jeevan Sadhana lifetime achievement awards
at the varsities 63rd foundation day on February 10th. Actor-directors, Mohan Agashe
and Nana Patekar and author Uttam Kamble will be the other recipients, while the
sixth award has been declared posthumously to the late academician Vasant Pawar. Former,
Union finance secretary Vijay Kelkar, will be the chief guest.
Courtesy: Times of India
