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ASSOCIATION NEWSMOVE TO REGULARISE CONTRACT POSTINGS BY KVASU DRAWS WIDE PROTESTThe move of KVASU statute to regularizethe temporary appointment of academicconsultants made last year is drawing wide protest.IVA views that the decision to appoint facultythrough back door flouting the UGC norms is adirect infringement on the rights of qualifiedprofessionals eligible for appointment as assistantprofessors.It was in 2011 that KVASU invitedapplication to post academic consultants. It wassaid that the posting of academic consultants will bepurely on contract basis for a period of 3 years or tilla permanent hand is posted. A Masters degree in theconcerned subject was the only qualificationrequired for the appointment.Now KVASU statute has come out with adraft proposing to regularize the appointments ofacademic consultants and to post them as assistantprofessors. This is a serious violation of theagreement and is against the interest of manyeligible qualified professionals. The decision ofKVASU to move ahead with the statute is totallydisregarding the basic qualification and standardsset for appointment of faculty in any University.Convention of post graduate veterinarianswas convened by IVA at Thrissur on 10/03/2012.More than 60 members attended the meeting and amemorandum to immediately stop thebeaurocratic conspiracy to “The decision toappoint faculty through back door, flouting UGCnorms will be viewed as a direct infringement onthe rights of qualified professionals eligible forappointment as assistant professors.” In a relatedmovement IVA has also demanded that a wholetimevice-chancellor be posted for KVASUobserving existing norms. IVA demands that thevicechancellor should be a whole-time officer ofthe University and should be appointed fromamongst the distinguished veterinarians in thestate. regularize the appointment of academicconsultants was represented to the Registrar,KVASU and to Dr K Jayakumar, acting Vice-Chancellor of KVASU. The convention decided toseek all possible legal and political means to stopthe move by KVASU.A workshop on KVASU Draft Statute washeld on 13/03/2012 at COVAS, Mannuthy underthe auspices of IVA. More than 50 members fromMannuthy, Pookot and other units attended theworkshop. The workshop went through the draftstatute page by page and made necessaryamendments and submitted the recommendationsto the Registrar, KVASU. A positive decision fromthe registrar is expected in theserecommendations.JIVA Vol. 10 Issue 1 April 201279