He said that this decision was taken in the meeting of the executive council of the university.
The council also passed the proposed changes in the screening and appointment of assistant professors despite disagreements by three members Seema Das, Rajpal Singh Pawar and advocate Ashok Agarwal. There was a proposal to limit the number of candidates for interview, which was withdrawn earlier.
There is no limit on the number of candidates for colleges, while for university departments, a minimum of 30 candidates will be called for the first vacancy and 10 for each additional vacancy.
The members expressed their dissatisfaction over the weightage given to PhD for the selection of Assistant Professors as without PhD many ad-hoc and contract teachers would suffer.
The dissatisfied members demanded implementation of the Education Ministry’s letter dated 5 December 2019 and one-time regulation for absorption of ad-hoc teachers.
“The faculty appointed and working on ad-hoc, temporary or contract basis and fulfilling the eligibility criteria shall be shortlisted for interview in the respective university and/or its colleges,” the letter from the ministry said.
However, the VC said that they will see what needs to be done about the letter, Das said.
He said he was informed that the Vice-Chancellor has decided to name upcoming colleges and facilitation centers after Veer Savarkar and Sushma Swaraj. The Academic Council of the University in its meeting held in August had decided that these colleges/centres may be named after Sushma Swaraj, Swami Vivekananda, Veer Savarkar and Sardar Patel.
The council also suggested the names of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Savitri Bai Phule, Arun Jaitley, Chaudhary Brahm Prakash and CD Deshmukh.
The Council had authorized the Vice-Chancellor to finalize the names.
The six-member committee set up to look into the matter of de-affiliation of the College of Art from the university and affiliation with the Delhi government-run Ambedkar University told the council that de-affiliation should not happen and it should be opposed. .
It was decided that another committee consisting of senior officers and faculty members of the University studied the matter in detail and formulated points which could be placed before the Delhi Government and the Lieutenant Governor.
The Delhi Cabinet in March decided to merge the College of Arts affiliated with the University of Delhi (DU) with Ambedkar University. PTI SLB
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