Kashmir Latest News

Kashmir University Schedules Interviews for Assistant Professor Within Two Days of Notice

12:35 am November 19, 2024

SRINAGAR: The University of Kashmir has issued a notice for interviews for assistant professor positions. According to the notice from the Deputy Registrar (Recruitment), the interviews will take place on November 20, 2024, at the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat, and call letters have been sent via email to the shortlisted candidates.

Follow Us OnG-News | Whatsapp

The notice on the university’s website reads, “It is notified for information of concerned candidates that the interview for the following subjects (Geography/Commerce) has been fixed on 20-11-2024 at the Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar.”

“Call letters have been sent to the shortlisted candidates at their respective email addresses mentioned by them in their application forms,” the notice, uploaded on the KU website today, reads.

Candidates have alleged “total malfunctioning” of the University, saying “notifying interviews just two days prior to the scheduled date is not only questionable, but unconstitutional and illegal too.”

“Normally all candidates are given a week’s time to appear before the interview committee. But here the KU authorities are giving merely 48 hours for candidates to appear in the interview. This raises serious questions about the functioning of the University,” said the aggrieved candidates, wishing anonymity.

The candidates said normally seven to 10 days are given to the candidates in advance before the interview notice is issued.

“Some candidates happen to be in-service candidates and have to apply for leave or permissions to appear in the interview. Many have to schedule tickets which are presently very costly on the Srinagar sector,” they said, adding that “it is such malfunctioning of the University which brings it in bad light in the eyes of the public.”

The call for interviews comes shortly after a postponement of earlier interview sessions due to “administrative issues,” further fueling apprehensions among candidates about the transparency of the recruitment process.

It is pertinent to mention here that only last week, the KU postponed interviews for various posts of assistant professors at the eleventh hour, citing “administrative issues.” The aggrieved candidates raised a hue and cry alleging mismanagement at KU. The fresh interview notice issued just two days before the scheduled date of interviews has further raised doubts about the fairness of the selection process, the sources added. (KDC)