A younger academician in Bihar is hogging limelight for having sought to return a sum of over Rs 20 lakh that he had earned in direction of wage and different emoluments within the final two years and 9 months. Lalan Kumar, 33, who teaches Hindi literature at a school beneath the Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University right here, insisted that he took the drastic step due to the “abysmal attendance” of scholars at his school.
The varsity’s pro-Vice Chancellor R Okay Thakur, nevertheless, stated that he has “refused to accept” the cheque of Rs 23.82 lakh underscoring that “there is no provision” beneath which he might permit the seemingly idealistic transfer.“I cannot put authorities on a gunpoint to accept the money. I wanted to make the point that if I am not able to do teaching work, I have no right to draw salary. I think I have expressed my sentiment effectively enough”, stated Kumar, who received appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2019 after cracking an examination carried out by the BPSC.
Kumar stated he was “disappointed at the outset” since he was assigned one of many much less fancied schools on this north Bihar city “despite having been among the top 20 rankers”. He stated he was pained to see that many who had fared worse than he did, received assignments on the varsity’s PG division. “I did not get a chance despite an impressive academic career. I have been an alumnus of the esteemed Hindu College affiliated to Delhi University. I have also done my PG at JNU,” Kumar stated.
Thakur admitted to have acquired “a number of applications” up to now from Kumar who has sought a switch to a greater school if an project with the PG lessons was out of query.“His request could have been looked into but for the fact that the committee on transfers has not met in the past couple of years because of the COVID 19 pandemic. It is, however, surprising that never before did Lalan Kumar raise the issue of students not turning up for classes”, stated the pro-VC.
Hinting that he took the younger assistant professor’s allegation with a pinch of salt, Thakur nevertheless stated “the principal of his college has been asked to send his remarks. We can take any action only if he confirms what a teacher at his college is saying”. Manoj Kumar, the faculty principal, is understandably, irritated. He factors out that he got here to find out about Lalan Kumar taking the “dramatic step” by way of the media.“If he felt so stifled in the college, he should have had a word with me. He contacted the pro-VC directly, handed over the cheque and I learned about the whole episode from newspaper reports,” the principal rued. He additionally stated that he was conscious of Lalan Kumar’s want to supply his providers at a spot higher suited to his tastes, however dismisses the allegation that hardly any pupil turns up at Nitishwar Singh school.
“There are hundreds of students who study Hindi at our college, either as the main subject or as a subsidiary. It is simply impossible for any teacher not to have sufficient students to teach. Even during the pandemic, academic work continued online,” the principal stated.Meanwhile, many within the tutorial circles frown upon what they see as “blackmail tactics” by Lalan Kumar to have his means and apprehend that if entertained it’d set a precedent. There are, certainly, indicators that extra disgruntled components would possibly take a cue from Lalan Kumar and select comparable headline-hunting methods.
The varsity administration has confirmed that Arun Kumar, who teaches on the similar school, has written to the pro-VC “making a similar offer” to return his wage for the previous many months.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”