Members of the Gujarat State Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe College and University Teachers Association presented the statistics of SC candidates in teaching, non-teaching staff and senate body
- Of the 146 senate members in the Gujarat University (GU), only one elected senate member and one uncontested member are from schedule caste (SC). There are two members from schedule tribe (ST).
- Of the post of 7 professors for the general category at the university, there is only 1 professor for the SC category, one for ST and 1 for OBC category.
These are some of the figures - procured through the Right to Information (RTI) Act - which were presented to Raju Parmar, who was on a visit to Gujarat University (GU) on Saturday. Parmar is a member of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
Members of the Gujarat State Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe College and University Teachers Association presented the statistics of SC candidates in teaching, non-teaching staff and senate body in a special meeting with Parmar to discuss their grievances at GU.
Parmar’s visit to take stock of the SC employees’ circumstances at the state’s largest varsity was seen as a troublesome move for the GU vice-chancellor Parimal Trivedi against whom an atrocity case has been filed by Pankaj Shrimali. The matter is sub judice now. Parmar, though, insisted that his visit to GU is an annual routine exercise to take stock of implementation of reservation policy as per the University Grants Commission (UGC).
After his two-hour meeting, Parmar told the media, “I learnt that there is no representation from SC candidates in the senate and syndicate at the GU in contravention of UGC guidelines. There are also vacancies for teaching and non-teaching staff and if they are filled as per the UGC guidelines, many SC members will get job opportunities. So, I have requested the V-C to implement reservation policy as per the UGC guidelines.”
Parmar he visited all the universities in Gujarat including MS University, Dantiwada University and others. He said, “At all the universities, issues related to implementation of reservation policy as per UGC guidelines remain the same. Since there are no liaison officers, the SC-ST cell is inactive.”
He also suggested SC representation in admission committee and other important committees at the varsity level. GU V-C Parimal Trivedi informed Parmar that an amendment in State Education Act would be required to implement his suggestion.
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