Self-financing colleges have urged the Bharathiar University to immediately consider granting professorship to faculty and obey a Madras High Court order in this regard.
In a memorandum to Vice-Chancellor P. Kaliraj a few days ago the Association of Self Financing Arts, Science and Management Colleges of Tamil Nadu secretary T. Setupathi said though the Madras High Court in an order of January 23, 2020 had directed the University Registrar to consider within eight weeks the Association’s demand, it had been 11 months and there was no response yet.
The association’s demand is that the University grant professorship to faculty in self-financing college who had the statutory eligibility – 27 years’ teaching experience with doctorate and paper publication in recognised journals.
Thus far, the University had approved of promotions from only assistant professorship to associate professorship and that too was only a year-old development after the association had taken up the…