Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University Teachers Association (HPUTA) President Prof Narinder Gupta, Vice President Dr. Sita Negi, Secretary Prof. Joginder Singh Dhiman and other members on Wednesday met Finance Officer of the University and lodged their protest against the unnecessary delay in the release of the salary of the teachers and other employees of the University and criticised the lackadaisical attitude of the administration.
HPUTA demanded that in future the administration should ensure that the salary of each of the employees of the university be credited on the first day of every month. HPUTA also apprised the Executive Engineer of the university regarding the pending repair and maintenance works of the teachers houses and repair of the roads leading to the teachers colonies and demanded the immediate execution of these works.
Rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
Kurukshetra: The teacher leaders of University and College Teachers' Organizations of north Indian States in a meeting held at the office of Kurukshetra University Teachers' Association (KUTA) decided to mobilize teachers for participation in the rally being organized at Jantar-Mantar New Delhi on Sept 20 on the call of AIFUCTO. Teacher leaders of Haryana Federation of University College Teachers' Orgnazations (HFUCTO), Punjab Federation of University College Teachers' Orgnazations (PFUCTO), Kurukshetra University, MD University, Punjab University, Punajbi University, Patiala; H.P. University, Shimla, Punjab Agriculture University, amongst other universities participated in the meeting.
Dr Parmesh Kumar, Secretary HFUCTO said teachers are extremely upset with recent UGC regulations which adversely affect the prospects of teachers for promotion in university and Colleges in India. Teacher leaders flayed the government of India for adopting policies which are far away from ground realities and are aimed at discouraging the talented from entering teaching profession.
PTU-PUTIA meeting held in Jalandhar
Chandigarh: A joint meeting of Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar and Punjab Unaided Technical Institutes Association (PUTIA) held on Wednesday under the leadership of Dr. Rajneesh Arora, VC, PTU. The meeting was attended by Dr J S Dhaliwal, Chairman, PUTIA; S Jagdish Singh Garcha, Ex Minister and the Chairmen of different colleges including Gurvinder Bahra, Rayat Bahra Group; Dr Anshu Kataria, Aryans Group; Sukhdev Singla, Indo Global College; Gurkirat Singh, Gulzar Group; Charanjit Singh Channi, CT Group; Rohin Sachdeva, lala lajpat Rai Group etc.
On other side, Dr Buta Singh, Dean Academics, PTU; Dr Anirudh P Singh, Dean RIC; Ekonkar Singh, Deputy Registrar, Academics, PTU; Paramjit Singh, Deputy Exam Controller amongst others participated in the meeting from PTU.