16-10-2021 The Asian Independent

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16-10-2021 to 31-10-2021
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20 DU colleges to get principals soon
New Delhi : The University of
Delhi’s new Vice Chancellor Prof
Yogesh Singh has issued orders to fill
vacant posts after the matter came to his
notice.
IANS had recently raised the issue of
vacant posts of principals in DU colleges.
The Assistant Registrar (Colleges) of
Delhi University has issued a circular to
the Chairperson and Governing Body of
the colleges for appointments to academic
and non-academic posts, including
principal, in the colleges affiliated to
the University of Delhi.
There are more than 20 colleges in
Delhi University which have no permanent
principals. These are all Delhi government
funded colleges. The term of
the governing body of these colleges
has also ended on September 13.
Colleges of Delhi University that do
not have permanent principals are Sri
Aurobindo College, Sri Aurobindo
College (Evening) Motilal Nehru
College, Motilal Nehru College
(Evening) Satyavati College, Satyavati
College (Evening) Shaheed Bhagat
Singh College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh
College (Evening) Shyama Prasad
Mukherjee College, Vivekananda
College, Bharati College, Indira Gandhi
Sports College, Maharaja Agrasen
College, Rajdhani College, Deendayal
Upadhyay College, Acharya Narendra
Dev College, Bhagini Nivedita College,
Gargi College, Kamala Nehru College,
Shivaji College. Apart from this, the
principal of Bhimrao Ambedkar College
is retiring this month.
In the circular issued on Wednesday
Durga Puja idol immersion
prohibited in Yamuna, other
water bodies: DPCC
evening, the concerned colleges have
been asked to take immediate steps to
issue advertisements approved by the
university. Guidelines have already
been given to colleges regarding advertisements
and filling up of posts.
The circular has also said that the
roster register of academic posts should
be prepared and passed. After completing
the recruitment advertisement
process, the college will formally apply
to the university for an expert panel for
appointments.
The circular said that if an acting or
officiating principal is employed in any
college, then necessary steps should be
taken at the earliest to fill those posts on
a regular basis. Teachers have expressed
concern over the absence of a governing
body in 28 colleges funded by the Delhi
government. Due to the absence of a
Governing Body, the work of colleges is
getting affected and no appointment on
academic and non-academic posts is
being made.
Delhi Teachers Association President
Dr Hansraj Suman has said, "all this is
happening very quickly because the
Ministry of Education had in a circular
dated August 24, 2021 asked to fill the
backlog posts of teachers within a year
in a mission mode."
According to him, "due to non-permanent
appointment on the posts of
principals, the appointment of assistant
professors is also not being done in
these colleges. Similarly, the posts of
principals of more than 20 colleges are
lying vacant due to non-appointments
for a long time. The Ministry of
Education and UGC are writing repeatedly
to fill these posts. Recently, the
new Vice Chancellor Professor Yogesh
Singh has issued instructions to fill up
the posts of Principal, Teachers and
Non-Academics immediately after taking
charge."
New Delhi : To prevent water pollution, immersion of Durga Puja
idols in the national capital’s water bodies, including river Yamuna,
has been prohibited by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee
(DPCC). "Consequent pollution of such water bodies has been a matter
of concern. In addition to silting, toxic chemicals used in making
idols tend to leach out and pose serious problems of water pollution.
Studies carried out to assess deterioration in water quality due to idol
immersion revealed the deterioration of water quality in respect to
conductivity, biochemical oxygen demand and heavy metal concentration,"
an order issued by the DPCC said. "Instead, the idol immersion
ritual may be performed within the home premises in a bucket
and container." The DPCC has also ruled that idols be made only
from natural materials "as described in holy scripts".
"Use of baked clay, Plaster of Paris (POP), in idol making are prohibited.
Only non-toxic and water-soluble dyes have been advised to
colour the idols." Worship material like flowers, decorating material
(made of paper), be removed before the immersion of idols and has
been suggested to be collected for disposal in an environmentally
safe manner or handed over to the door to door waste collection vehicle.
Bhaba Tosh Pal, who has
been a member of the Durga
Puja Committee of Mayur Vihar
region for the past 15 years, sais
that they will immerse the idols
in a tanker with the help of a
crane. "It’s more like dipping
the idol and then taking it out,"
he said. Idol immersion will
take place on Saturday.