Sachet Berojgar join issue with SU recruitment embroglio

VC AND REGISTRAR RIGGED INTERVIEWS TO FAVOUR THEIR OWN, ORGANISATION ALLEGES
GANGTOK, 15 March: The Sikkim Sachet Sawrojgar Berojgar Sangathan [SSSBS] has become the first group in Sikkim to join issue with the recruitment embroglio at Sikkim University which blew out with a section of the faculty members going public with their allegations of the Vice Chancellor having ignored standing directives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the powers of the VC and provisions enshrined in the Sikkim University Act on how recruitments need to be conducted.
In a press release issued today, the SSSBS had accused the VC and the Registrar of managing the recruitment process in a way to favour their candidates at the cost of local aspirants and more deserving candidates.
The group highlights that not all is above board in the SU recruitment process, not just in how regular faculty was recruited, but also in how the non-teaching vacancies are being filled.
The SSSBS has also questioned why, when the posts were granted by the UGC back in 2008-09, did the VC rush the recruitment process only towards the end of his tenure at SU [starting Feb 2012]. This last-minute haste, despite the ample time at hand, has led to important guidelines being ignored and the candidates not allowed enough time to not only prepare for the written examination or interview, but in some cases to even to make arrangements to attend the same.
The release contends that in “normal process”, candidates need to be informed at least 3 weeks in advance before an interview or written examination. The SU however called candidates for this process on much shorter notice with even the admit cards for written examinations not distributed properly. In this regard, it highlights the manner in which the LDC examination was conducted on 11 March with the distribution of admit cards beginning only on 05 March with even the format of the examination not properly mentioned.
The organization has alleged that the Vice Chancellor Prof Mahendra P Lama and Registrar Dr JP Tamang organised the process in a way so as to favour “their own people” and tried their best to keep local candidates out. The release argues that the SU is a central university for Sikkim and local candidates should get the opportunity to fill job vacancies in it.
The release has been issued jointly by the SSSBS president, Karma Gyurmie Bhutia, and publicity secretary Khemraj Pokhrel.