New Delhi: Protesting against the ‘not found suitable’ (NFS) card being frequently used by the university departments leading to many candidates not even getting shortlisted for the listed associate professor and professor job roles, the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) held a dharna on Wednesday calling it ‘unfair’.
DUTA president AK Bhagi alleged the NFS decision has mostly affected the reserved positions and is unfair. “This trend of ‘NFS’ decisions by the university departments is attributed to the stringent screening criteria adopted by the university,” DUTA said in a statement.
“This step of the university has not only demoralised deserving and eligible applicants but also created a wrong impression that India has very few candidates who are eligible to be appointed as professors or associate professors in DU,” the teachers’ body claimed.
DUTA secretary Anil Kumar said all the research papers or articles published under SCOPUS, UGC Care, and peer-reviewed journals must be used for shortlisting and selection of the candidates for all advertised posts. “Further, the university must consider peer-reviewed articles or papers for promotions in the university departments in line with the UGC Regulations 2018. DUTA demanded all advertised/vacant positions, including backlog posts, must be filled at the earliest as per the UGC Regulations 2018,” he said.
Earlier, Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) wrote to the DU vice-chancellor, condemning the increasing cases where candidates from reserved categories were being deemed “not suitable” for teaching posts. The teachers claimed NFS was being “used as a tool by the university to deny posts in reserved categories” and the selection criterion was engineered in such a way that seats remain vacant.
Meanwhile, the university has maintained that “suitable candidates were recruited and that certain cases where ‘NFS’ were issued did not reflect that candidates from reserved categories were not considered.”
