Earlier DU had hired teaching staff to fill in the vacancies in Delhi University's chemistry department, but many of them are retired teachers and some are even PhD students designated as 'teaching assistants', a post no longer accepted by the university. Many of the hired teachers also claimed that they did not receive any appointment letter.
Due to the shortage of the faculty, the university has asked the chemistry department to hire the teachers on the ad-hoc basis and department head Ramesh Chandra named retired teachers, faculty from the Department of Science and Technology Inspire and PhD students for these posts in July. Some teachers from the university also claimed that these teachers did not go through proper selection channel and their competency to teach the MSc. students is questionable.
NK Kaushik, who retired from the chemistry department is yet to report to the work. He told "I was indeed approached to teach in the department, but was never given any appointment letter. I had also told the HoD that my eyesight was weak and I was slated for a surgery."
Another teacher from the Hindu College, Ram Saran also has a similar tale. "I did not receive any communication to join as a teacher. I am not sure why my name is being included as a teacher without my consent." The names of both the teachers are however included in the DU’s semester timetable.
Two PhD students have also been appointed as teaching assistants. "As teaching assistants, we were asked to aid the teachers when they conduct practicals," said Ravi Tomar, one of the two.
When asked how the posts for the teachers were filled, Chandra said "The retired teachers and those from DST Inspire are better than some of the ad hocs available."
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