Editor,
I, on behalf of the deprived aspirants for the post of assistant professor for many years finally would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned to the repeated injustice meted out to us by the recruitment agency by totally overseeing the UGC guidelines for awarding Academic Performance Index (API) marks to those who have fulfilled the API criteria (MPhil, PhD, teaching experience, articles and book publications, seminar and workshop paper presentation, etc).
It is to be noted that, as per the UGC guidelines, API marks are mandatory in recruiting for assistant professor positions at any higher-level teaching position. Thus, API marks must be included on two conditions:
1) The API must be added to the shortlisting of candidates for the interview.
2). If the API mark is not calculated in shortlisting the candidates, then it must be added or calculated at the final selection stage by adding the interview marks and the API marks together.
Further, I on behalf of the deprived aspirants want to appeal to our young research scholar friends not to waste their time, energy and resources in fighting for such issues or guidelines that are clearly laid down by an apex institute that is UGC, but instead focus on their studies as the APPSCCE is approaching very soon. Don’t get manipulated by some people with vested interests. Today, you are against API marks, but tomorrow you will definitely support and ask for API marks, because one day you will also finish your PhD.
If simple MA & NET/JRF students complain, then we can understand, but you yourself are pursuing a PhD and complaining against your own future interest. This is beyond our understanding.
While taking cognisance of the matter, I on behalf of the deprived candidates once again request the candidates not to involve our good students’ platform for such a petty issue. Also, the students’ unions and other pressure groups must not unnecessary get involved in such sensitive matters.
A deprived candidate