Bangalore University employees urge for appointment of VC from SC/ST community
Bangalore University employees are advocating for the next Vice-Chancellor to be appointed from the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes community. This request has been formally made to various government officials, highlighting the lack of representation in leadership positions since the university's inception. The associations emphasize that a significant portion of the university's faculty and student body belong to these communities.
- ▪The Teachers’ Association and Non-Teaching Employees’ Association of Bangalore University have made a formal request for a Vice-Chancellor from the SC/ST community.
- ▪Since 1964, no Vice-Chancellor from the SC/ST communities has been appointed at Bangalore University.
- ▪Approximately 53% of non-teaching employees and 65% of permanent faculty belong to the SC/ST communities.
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The Teachers’ Association and the Non-Teaching Employees’ Association of Bangalore University have written to the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Deputy Chief Minister, the Minister for Higher Education, and the Karnataka State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, requesting that the next Vice-Chancellor of the University be appointed from among professors belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC) or Scheduled Tribes (ST).The matter was discussed in the Executive Committee meeting of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Teachers’ and Non-Teaching Employees’ Associations of Bangalore University.The associations observed that since the establishment of the University in 1964, the Government has appointed a total of 19 full-time Vice-Chancellors over the past 62 years,…
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