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Teachers body’s silence on pay scale surprises many

As the Central Government made an announcement on revising the pay scales of university and college teachers, the Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations decided to call off its strike that it had launched early this week.

However, not all Delhi University teachers are happy with the decision.

The National Democratic Teachers’ Front has expressed its concern over “the way” the FEDCUTA strike was called off.

Manoj Khanna, the NDTF candidate for Executive Council, elections for which will be held on Friday, expressed surprise as to why the FEDCUTA or the Delhi University Teachers’ Association had not said anything against the “negative features” of the announced pay structure.

“Why was the DUTA Executive meeting not convened to take a decision on the suspension of the strike? How come only the DUTA office bearers met and took this decision. When our main demands have not been met, what’s the point in calling off the strike?” he asked.

However, DUTA president Aditya Narayan Misra said: “As per the resolution adopted by the DUTA General Body, it was decided that the strike will continue until the announcement on pay revision was made. So, we suspended the strike when the Centre took a decision.”

“The moment we get a notification from the Government on pay scales, we will convene a meeting of the DUTA Executive to discuss future course of action,” he assured.

The director of Ansal Institute of Technology, (AIT), Gurgaon, M.P. Singh will be conferred the prestigious French award of Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier dans I’Ordre des Palmes Academiques).

This honour has been bestowed on Prof. Singh for his service and achievement for French culture and education.

“The official announcement has reached us and the ceremony where he will be felicitated will take place soon,” said an AIT official.

The award comprises a medal and a citation.

Prof. Singh, who is a Fulbright scholar, received his Ph.D. from University of Maryland. He retired from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and joined AIT on its inception.

Faculty of Management Studies at Delhi University held its annual convention early this month.

The convention, which is the flagship event at FMS, had some of the biggest names of the industry as speakers. The theme of the event was “Indian Leaders in the New Millennium”.

The guest of honour Tejpreet S. Chopra, president and Chief Executive Officer of GE India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, inaugurated the event by underlining the importance of leaders during crises.

The valedictory address was delivered by author and consultant Gurcharan Das, who shared his insights on leadership.

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Aligarh Muslim University will soon be upgraded to the level of Indian Institute of Medical Sciences and a proposal of Rs. 130 crore has been submitted to this effect.

This announcement was made by Vice-Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis while inaugurating the “Continuing Medical Education Workshop on Sepsis” organised by the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at AMU in collaboration with Indian Soc iety of Critical Care Medicine.

Prof. Azis made a strong plea for nurturing medical students in critical care management.

Principal of the medical college M. Ashraf Malik said that a separate critical care unit will be set up at the emergency ward within six months.

Parul Sharma

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