Students get last chance to appear in exam

Raipur, October 22, 2011

The students of academic session 2004-05 of Government Girls’ Polytechnic Bairon Bazar would get last chance to clear the subject in which they have got supplementary. In this connection, special takeover application forms to appear in the examinations would be distributed from November 1-11, 2011. The forms with late fees can be submitted up to November 18. The exam would be conducted in December 2011 and January 2012. The officials of the institute informed that the students would have to appear in person to submit their application forms. The interested candidates would also have to submit an affidavit along with the stipulated documents with the forms.

NIT director adopting autocratic attitude: FANITRR

Raipur, Oct 22: The Faculty Association of National Institute of Technology Raipur (FANITRR) has alleged that the director of the institute SK Pandey was adopting autocratic attitude towards the staffers. “She does not want to listen to our grievances. She refuses to meet our genuine demands. Her erratic behavior is certainly not a good omen for the institute’s future,” said the association members.

The FANITRR has recently sent a letter to the institute’s chairman of Board of Governors (BOG) Vijay R Kirloskar seeking his intervention into their matter. “We simply want provisions peer to other NITs, but the director has bluntly refused to accept our demands. Now, the chairman is the only option left to us. We hope he would not let our spirit go down,” the FANITRR members said.

The association has written nine-point letter written to the BOG chairman which includes – pay fixation of newly joined faculties as assistant professors in various departments, medical facilities, provision to send faculties to pursue PhD programmes under qualified institutional placement (QIP) scheme, research grant and research facilities, regular deposition of general provident fund (GPF) and new pension scheme (NPS) installments, change working day format from  six-day week to five-day week like other NITs and rapid completion of formalities pertaining to appointment on compensatory ground.

The association also urged the chairman that the decision regarding all the major issues should be taken without delay. The issues like - permission for attending conference/seminar/workshop, going on LTC, going on earn leave, sanction of funds, etc, should rather be dealt by the dean faculty welfare or the head of the departments for convenience of the faculty members, the association said.

The FANITRR further demanded infrastructural facilities, PhD increments, regular meetings to redress grievances, increased number of vacation days,  identity card facilities and sabbatical leave.