"The Executive Council hasn't convened for over a year. The term of its teacher members will expire in January next year. The last Council meeting was held in October 2015, with the former V-C," a source told DNA.
Members of the Delhi University Executive Council said on Tuesday that Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Yogesh Tyagi hasn't held a single Council meeting since he took charge in March this year, as a result of which, debates and discussions on several important issues were pending.
"The Executive Council hasn't convened for over a year. The term of its teacher members will expire in January next year. The last Council meeting was held in October 2015, with the former V-C," a source told DNA.
The delay has resulted in piling up of many urgent issues that need to be discussed. "Several important issues, including promotion of teachers, the pension case, and the regularisation of ad-hoc teachers, are pending. The V-C is deliberately avoiding to convene the council as he doesn't want to discuss these issues," the source added.
Executive Council member Abha Dev Habib said that a "visitor's letter" in 2001, addressed to the V-Cs of all Central universities, had warned them to not use emergency powers and to avoid taking decisions solely.
Even during the tenure of former V-C Dinesh Singh, all the suggestions given by the Council were rejected, the members alleged. "A lot of important decisions were taken during the tenure of former V-C Dinesh Singh, including implementation of four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) or bringing in the choice-based credit system (CBCS). Not even a single suggestion put forward by the Council, however, was accepted," Habib rued.
Teachers go on hunger strike for regularisation
As many as 200 teachers, both permanent and ad hoc, sat on a 12-hour hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding regularisation of over 4,500 ad-hoc teachers working with the varsity.
According to the protesting teachers, the university has been violating its own Executive Council Resolution of 2007 vide Clause II.V, which stipulated: "Whenever the vacancy arises for the duration of more than four months, the same may be filled up on temporary basis as per due process and procedure, i.e. through a duly constituted Selection Committee."
"Nearly 4,500 ad hoc teachers work in the varsity, which is around half the total number of positions available. Their contracts renew after every 120 days, i.e four months. They are not entitled to any benefits, including medical and maternity leaves," Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) President Nandita Narain said.
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