Dear all,
A few days before, we all have read this news and mails on MLOSC and leading newspapers,
"For the second time, a Mumbai University registrar has found himself in hot water over senate elections.
The furore over the tampering of the electoral rolls just days before
the university senate elections to the teacher’s constituency in 2005
cost the then registrar Jayant Dighe his job. And now, four days ago,
the recently elected governor of Maharashtra and chancellor of Mumbai
University K Sankaranarayanan has passed an order calling for action to
be taken against registrar K Venkataramani over irregularities in the
2008 senate elections.
The recent order also implicates the
former pro-vice chancellor A D Sawant who was acting vice chancellor at
the time of the 2008 elections.
The matter involves the
nomination of Subhash Athavale, a librarian at CHM College, Ulhasnagar,
for senate elections. Athavale’s nomination was challenged by two
teachers from colleges affiliated to the University — Balasaheb Salve
and V S Sekhade — both
vice-presidents of the Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union on
the ground that, according to the Maharashtra Universities Act, only
teachers with not less than five years teaching experience were
eligible to contest elections. They pointed to the fact that though
librarians were included in the definition of a teacher, they could not
contest elections unless they had
the
requisite teaching experience. Their objections were overruled by
Sawant and Venkataramani, and Athavale was elected to the senate,
prompting Salve and Sekhade to move high court over the matter. "
Librarian is a Teacher, Work done by Teachers is Teaching experience,
but the work done by Librarian is not teaching experience... how?
A=B and B=C but A not = C... How?
we must strongly protest this decision...
LIS professionals related to Library Associations, Please do something
or the day is not far that Librarians will be transferred to non-
teaching staff...
All Librarians, Sitting idle at your place and thinking "Association
will do something, why should i worry?", will not work...
Wake up before its too late... and when u will wake up u will come to
know that your position is also affected by these decisions...
we got overwhelming response on this mail from all over, we also received phone calls from some colleague professionals over this issue...
Hence we have arranged a meeting on this issue at JhunJhunwala College Library, Ghatkopar(W), Mumbai on Sunday 21st March, 2010 at 11.00 am.
I request all the active and non-active members of BUACLA and MLOSC to be present at the meeting.....
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Ajay M. Kamble
Librarian
Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College,
Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202
www.mlsc.co.nrwww.ajaykamble.co.nr