One of the premier universities in the state, the University of Pune (UoP), is however, not the desired destination for researchers and professors. For the past five to six years, many faculty members and researchers have left the UoP for central universities and national institutes that give them a free hand in research, good laboratory facilities and other benefits.
Faculty at physics department, Pandit Vidyasagar said, “There has been a continuous flow of good professors and faculty members leaving the university for various reasons. Basically, the University of Pune has failed to provide the necessary research conditions to these professors, who prefer central universities or national institutes.”
He said, “Similarly, there has been no decision in regard to retirement age of the professors as against central universities, where it is 65 years. We are also not giving them leave travel concession, health benefits, advanced research laboratories which are next to absent. We are losing good people which may affect the university in the long run.”
He said the issue was raised during RK Shevgaonkar’s tenure as vice-chancellor, but nothing worked out. “Three good people from my department have left the university in the recent past over these issues.” he said.
Head of department of biotechnology, JK Pal said, “We have four vacancies of readers and professors. There has been no recruitment as people who are interested in research or are good researchers are not ready to join as faculty over these issues.”
He added, “The university must make improvement in incentives given to professors.”
Vidyasagar said, “Another issue is of biometrics wherein it has been made compulsory that teaching faculty must be in the department for five hours a day. A researcher, while doing research, is not bothered about time, what she or he is interested in is research.”
Pal spoke on similar lines. He said, “Biometrics is just one of the issues. The faculty should be given a free hand.”
Faculty at physics department, Pandit Vidyasagar said, “There has been a continuous flow of good professors and faculty members leaving the university for various reasons. Basically, the University of Pune has failed to provide the necessary research conditions to these professors, who prefer central universities or national institutes.”
He said, “Similarly, there has been no decision in regard to retirement age of the professors as against central universities, where it is 65 years. We are also not giving them leave travel concession, health benefits, advanced research laboratories which are next to absent. We are losing good people which may affect the university in the long run.”
He said the issue was raised during RK Shevgaonkar’s tenure as vice-chancellor, but nothing worked out. “Three good people from my department have left the university in the recent past over these issues.” he said.
Head of department of biotechnology, JK Pal said, “We have four vacancies of readers and professors. There has been no recruitment as people who are interested in research or are good researchers are not ready to join as faculty over these issues.”
He added, “The university must make improvement in incentives given to professors.”
Vidyasagar said, “Another issue is of biometrics wherein it has been made compulsory that teaching faculty must be in the department for five hours a day. A researcher, while doing research, is not bothered about time, what she or he is interested in is research.”
Pal spoke on similar lines. He said, “Biometrics is just one of the issues. The faculty should be given a free hand.”
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