Fwd: Discussion on TA/DA for Librarians to attend Refresher/ Orientation Course
Dear All, Greetings. In a shocking incident, the Academic Staff College of North Eastern Hill University has refused to pay TA/DA to a participant of its 33rd Orientation Programme just because the participant was a librarian!!! A letter issued to the participant librarian by the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, states that "the Librarians do not fall under the category of 'Teacher Participant' and hence not eligible for TA/DA". On reading this news in one of the discussion forums, I wrote to the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, seeking more clarification on the issue. In his reply, the Director has reiterated his stand of not providing TA/DA to the participant librarians. He quoted HRDC 12th Five Year Guidelines to support his stand. The Guideline says that a 'Teacher Participant' may be paid TA/DA'. The ASC-Director at NEHU is interpreting the rule in a different way and saying that "Librarians/ Assistant Librarians do not fall under the category of Teacher. It is an established fact that for all academic purposes, the librarians are equated with teachers and are fit to receive financial assistance for attending career development programmes of UGC. The Director of UGC-ASC, Amarawati University, Maharashtra supported this by saying that "librarians should get TA/DA for attending the courses conducted by UGC-ASCs. Now, it is a time, the Library Associations both at National and Regional Level should wake up and act upon. A detailed communication with the Director of ASC-NEHU is appended for your reference. Regards, Anand Dodamani Mumbai. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Thank You Date: 2015-06-10 13:07 From: Rajesh Singh <rsinghamt@hotmail.com> To: rakesh mohan <mohanrakeshdr@yahoo.co.in>, "anand.dodamani@tiss.edu" < anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> Cc: "rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in" <rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in>, "secretary@ugc.ac.in" <secretary@ugc.ac.in>, "ascnehu@gmail.com" <ascnehu@gmail.com>, " ascpune7@gmail.com" <ascpune7@gmail.com>, "ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in" < ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in>, "ac_staff@rediffmail.com" <ac_staff@rediffmail.com>, "ascuoh@gmail.com" <ascuoh@gmail.com>, "director@asc.mu.ac.in" < director@asc.mu.ac.in>, "ugcascgu@rediffmail.com" <ugcascgu@rediffmail.com>, "ascddugkp@gmail.com" <ascddugkp@gmail.com>, "mysoreasc@rediffmail.com" < mysoreasc@rediffmail.com>, "ugcasc_kuk@yahoo.co.in" <ugcasc_kuk@yahoo.co.in>, "ugcasc@asc.mu.ac.in" <ugcasc@asc.mu.ac.in>, "ugcascsu@gmail.com" < ugcascsu@gmail.com>, "bcgchemistry@gmail.com" <bcgchemistry@gmail.com>, " anandsharma_64@yahoo.co.in" <anandsharma_64@yahoo.co.in>, " ugcasc_bu@yahoo.com" <ugcasc_bu@yahoo.com>, "ascnainital@rediffmail.com" < ascnainital@rediffmail.com>, "asclko@rediffmail.com" <asclko@rediffmail.com>, "asc@bdu.ac.in" <asc@bdu.ac.in>, "asc_amu@yahoo.com" <asc_amu@yahoo.com>, " asc_ngpnu@yahoo.co.in" <asc_ngpnu@yahoo.co.in>, "ugcasc_ku@yahoo.com" < ugcasc_ku@yahoo.com>, "ascnbu@gmail.com" <ascnbu@gmail.com>, " drmanikbu@gmail.com" <drmanikbu@gmail.com>, "director.asc@pondiuni.edu.in" < director.asc@pondiuni.edu.in>, "directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com" < directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com>, "ascugcmzu@gmail.com" <ascugcmzu@gmail.com>, "asccu2014@gmail.com" <asccu2014@gmail.com>, "asclnipe@rediffmail.com" < asclnipe@rediffmail.com>, "academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com" < academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com>, "ascbu2006@rediffmail.com" < ascbu2006@rediffmail.com>, "ugcascindore@gmail.com" <ugcascindore@gmail.com>, "kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in" <kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in>, " ascmdsu@gmail.com" <ascmdsu@gmail.com>, "ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com" < ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com>, "mkuascdirector@gmail.com" < mkuascdirector@gmail.com>, "ascunike@yahoo.com" <ascunike@yahoo.com>, " ascgndu@yahoo.com" <ascgndu@yahoo.com>, "ascsu@rediffmail.com" < ascsu@rediffmail.com>, "office@ascbamu.edu.in" <office@ascbamu.edu.in>, " asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com" <asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com>, "asc.uoc@gmail.com" < asc.uoc@gmail.com>, "asc.utkal@gmail.com" <asc.utkal@gmail.com>, " ascpup2005@gmail.com" <ascpup2005@gmail.com>, "kannurasc@gmail.com" < kannurasc@gmail.com>, "ugcasc.kud@gmail.com" <ugcasc.kud@gmail.com>, " ascpuchd@gmail.com" <ascpuchd@gmail.com>, "asc_au@yahoo.com" < asc_au@yahoo.com>, "asc@unigoa.ac.in" <asc@unigoa.ac.in>, " ascpatna@yahoo.com" <ascpatna@yahoo.com>, "directorasc@yahoo.com" < directorasc@yahoo.com>, "ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com" < ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com>, "ascshimla@gmail.com" <ascshimla@gmail.com>, " info@ascrajkot.org" <info@ascrajkot.org>, "asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in" < asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in>, "sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in" < sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in>, "krjsingh@gmail.com" <krjsingh@gmail.com>, " asc.jnu@gmail.com" <asc.jnu@gmail.com>, "directorascggv@gmail.com" < directorascggv@gmail.com>, "ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com" < ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com>, "hrdcsection@gmail.com" < hrdcsection@gmail.com> Dear all, The definition of teacher does not mean only teaching staff it includes Librarian, Director Physical education etc. The definition of teacher is given in Mah. Univ. Act 1994 very clearly at the starting. Similar definition will be given in other state Universities acts. Moreover UGC regulation 2009 is not only for teacher it covers all categories i.e. the scale is for all. UGC is governing librarian that means they belong to teacher community. UGC is not for non teaching staff. You should be given TA/DA. There is no need of clarification from UGC. Dr. Rajesh Singh
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Director, Academic Staff College, Chairman, BoS in Statistics Member, Faculty of Science,Academic Council, Senate & Management
Council,
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University Amravati 444 602, INDIA # 91- 9422840360 www.ascsgbau.ac.in [1] & www.sgbau.ac.in [2]
------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:32:02 +0000 From: mohanrakeshdr@yahoo.co.in To: anand.dodamani@tiss.edu CC: rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in; secretary@ugc.ac.in; ascnehu@gmail.com; ascpune7@gmail.com; ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in; ac_staff@rediffmail.com; ascuoh@gmail.com; director@asc.mu.ac.in; ugcascgu@rediffmail.com; ascddugkp@gmail.com; mysoreasc@rediffmail.com; ugcasc_kuk@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc@asc.mu.ac.in; ugcascsu@gmail.com; bcgchemistry@gmail.com; anandsharma_64@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc_bu@yahoo.com; ascnainital@rediffmail.com; asclko@rediffmail.com; asc@bdu.ac.in; asc_amu@yahoo.com; asc_ngpnu@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc_ku@yahoo.com; ascnbu@gmail.com; drmanikbu@gmail.com; director.asc@pondiuni.edu.in; directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com; ascugcmzu@gmail.com; asccu2014@gmail.com; asclnipe@rediffmail.com; academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com; ascbu2006@rediffmail.com; ugcascindore@gmail.com; kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in; ascmdsu@gmail.com; ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com; mkuascdirector@gmail.com; ascunike@yahoo.com; ascgndu@yahoo.com; ascsu@rediffmail.com; office@ascbamu.edu.in; asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com; asc.uoc@gmail.com; asc.utkal@gmail.com; ascpup2005@gmail.com; kannurasc@gmail.com; ugcasc.kud@gmail.com; ascpuchd@gmail.com; asc_au@yahoo.com; asc@unigoa.ac.in; ascpatna@yahoo.com; directorasc@yahoo.com; ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com; ascshimla@gmail.com; info@ascrajkot.org; asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in; sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in; krjsingh@gmail.com; rsinghamt@hotmail.com; asc.jnu@gmail.com; directorascggv@gmail.com; ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com; hrdcsection@gmail.com Subject: Re: Thank You Dear ShriDodamani, thanks for your email.We do not have any document OR written communication from the commission which says that Librarians are teachers participants.In case you are having such communication kindly provide us . with best wishes, Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 11:51 AM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote: Dear Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Thanks for responding positively to my request mail. We will surely take up the matter with the commission. As far as my knowledge goes, the term 'Teacher Participants' also includes the Librarians and Physical Education Teachers. Anyway, we will try to secure clarifications from UGC on the issue. With regards, Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 2015-06-09 08:45, rakesh mohan wrote:
To, Mr.Anand Dodamani, Assistant Librarian,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai. Dear Shri Dodamani,
I am in receipt of your email. This query should have been made from the funding agency ie UGC. Moreover, before seeking this information you should have gone through the HRDC XII five year guide lines which are effective from Feb,2015(AVAILABLE AT UGC WEBSIDE).Any how, as matter of courtesy I am pleased to provide you with the following information's.
Over the page number 17, para 11.3 clearly mentioned that _"TEACHER PARTICIPANTS MAY BE PAID UPTO A LIMIT OF A/C III RAILWAY FARE (ALL TRAINS) OR A/C_
deluxe bus fare on production of tickets.Outstation participants may
be provided free boarding and lodging by the University. To cover the cost of their boarding/ lodging, the Commission will pay the University on reimbursement basis Rs. 500/- per day for outstation participant for ‘A’ class cities, Rs. 400/- per day for other places. In case only free lodging is provided, DA will be allowed at 75 percent of the ordinary rate of daily allowance. The allowance will be used purely for the purpose of giving boarding/lodging to the participants. In case the outstation participant does not avail the facility for boarding/lodging, he/she will be paid Rs.300/- per day."
Since Librarians/assistant Librarians does not falls under the TEACHERS PARTICIPANTS category , hence not eligible to receive any financial assistance while attending Orientation programme/refresher courses from the current Financial year on wards.
Hope this will satisfy your query . However you may take up the matter with the commission for any other clarification.
with best wishes,
Yours faithfully, Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
CC:1. Secretary,UGC,New Delhi.
2.All the Directors,HRDC's for information only.
On Monday, 8 June 2015 4:13 PM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote:
To
Dr. Rakesh Mohan Director UGC-HRDC, NEHU.
Dear Sir,
Greetings.
This is with reference to your recent letter issued to one of the participants of the 33rd Orientation Programme (ongoing).
In your communication (copy attached) you have mentioned in bold letters that the "Librarians are not eligible for TA/DA to attend Orineation Programme" as per the guideline issued by the UGC.
The information is really shocking and is a news to many professionals like me who have attended several Orientation/ Refresher
courses in their career.
May I please have a copy of the UGC Circular banning librarians to receive financial assistance from the commission to attend development
programmes such as Origination and Refresher Courses?
In anticipation of your positive response.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
Links: ------ [1] http://www.ascsgbau.ac.in/ [2] http://www.sgbau.ac.in/ -- *Anand DodamaniAsst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)V. N. Purav Marg, DeonarMumbai- 400 081* *Phone: 022-2552 5274* *Website: www.tiss.edu <http://www.tiss.edu>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Dear Professionals, It is shocking to hear that HRDC (Formerly UGC-ASC) is denying TA/DA to a participant for attending Orientation Programme. If librarians are not teachers, why the Director admitted a librarian to the programme? While UGC made Orientation/Refresher courses mandatory for all academic staff including teachers, physical education teachers and librarians for CAS, some so called academics are playing super UGC. These types of insult and atrocity against library community are escalating now and it is high time for the Library Associations to join hands, setting aside all the differences of opinion, and raise their voice if they really wish for the survival of the profession. Regards, On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Anand Dodamani <anand.karuni@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
Greetings.
In a shocking incident, the Academic Staff College of North Eastern Hill University has refused to pay TA/DA to a participant of its 33rd Orientation Programme just because the participant was a librarian!!!
A letter issued to the participant librarian by the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, states that "the Librarians do not fall under the category of 'Teacher Participant' and hence not eligible for TA/DA".
On reading this news in one of the discussion forums, I wrote to the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, seeking more clarification on the issue. In his reply, the Director has reiterated his stand of not providing TA/DA to the participant librarians. He quoted HRDC 12th Five Year Guidelines to support his stand.
The Guideline says that a 'Teacher Participant' may be paid TA/DA'. The ASC-Director at NEHU is interpreting the rule in a different way and saying that "Librarians/ Assistant Librarians do not fall under the category of Teacher.
It is an established fact that for all academic purposes, the librarians are equated with teachers and are fit to receive financial assistance for attending career development programmes of UGC.
The Director of UGC-ASC, Amarawati University, Maharashtra supported this by saying that "librarians should get TA/DA for attending the courses conducted by UGC-ASCs.
Now, it is a time, the Library Associations both at National and Regional Level should wake up and act upon.
A detailed communication with the Director of ASC-NEHU is appended for your reference.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Mumbai.
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Thank You Date: 2015-06-10 13:07 From: Rajesh Singh <rsinghamt@hotmail.com> To: rakesh mohan <mohanrakeshdr@yahoo.co.in>, "anand.dodamani@tiss.edu" < anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> Cc: "rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in" <rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in>, " secretary@ugc.ac.in" <secretary@ugc.ac.in>, "ascnehu@gmail.com" <ascnehu@gmail.com>, " ascpune7@gmail.com" <ascpune7@gmail.com>, "ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in" < ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in>, "ac_staff@rediffmail.com" <ac_staff@rediffmail.com director@asc.mu.ac.in>, "ugcascgu@rediffmail.com" <ugcascgu@rediffmail.com director.asc@pondiuni.edu.in>, "directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com" < directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com>, "ascugcmzu@gmail.com" < ascugcmzu@gmail.com>, "asccu2014@gmail.com" <asccu2014@gmail.com>, "asclnipe@rediffmail.com" < asclnipe@rediffmail.com>, "academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com" < academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com>, "ascbu2006@rediffmail.com" < ascbu2006@rediffmail.com>, "ugcascindore@gmail.com" < ugcascindore@gmail.com>, "kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in" <kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in>, " ascmdsu@gmail.com" <ascmdsu@gmail.com>, "ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com" < ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com>, "mkuascdirector@gmail.com" < mkuascdirector@gmail.com>, "ascunike@yahoo.com" <ascunike@yahoo.com>, " ascgndu@yahoo.com" <ascgndu@yahoo.com>, "ascsu@rediffmail.com" < ascsu@rediffmail.com>, "office@ascbamu.edu.in" <office@ascbamu.edu.in>, " asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com" <asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com>, "asc.uoc@gmail.com" < asc.uoc@gmail.com>, "asc.utkal@gmail.com" <asc.utkal@gmail.com>, " ascpup2005@gmail.com" <ascpup2005@gmail.com>, "kannurasc@gmail.com" < kannurasc@gmail.com>, "ugcasc.kud@gmail.com" <ugcasc.kud@gmail.com>, " ascpuchd@gmail.com" <ascpuchd@gmail.com>, "asc_au@yahoo.com" < asc_au@yahoo.com>, "asc@unigoa.ac.in" <asc@unigoa.ac.in>, " ascpatna@yahoo.com" <ascpatna@yahoo.com>, "directorasc@yahoo.com" < directorasc@yahoo.com>, "ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com" < ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com>, "ascshimla@gmail.com" <ascshimla@gmail.com>, " info@ascrajkot.org" <info@ascrajkot.org>, "asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in" < asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in>, "sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in" < sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in>, "krjsingh@gmail.com" <krjsingh@gmail.com>, " asc.jnu@gmail.com" <asc.jnu@gmail.com>, "directorascggv@gmail.com" < directorascggv@gmail.com>, "ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com" < ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com>, "hrdcsection@gmail.com" < hrdcsection@gmail.com>
Dear all, The definition of teacher does not mean only teaching staff it includes Librarian, Director Physical education etc. The definition of teacher is given in Mah. Univ. Act 1994 very clearly at the starting. Similar definition will be given in other state Universities acts. Moreover UGC regulation 2009 is not only for teacher it covers all categories i.e. the scale is for all. UGC is governing librarian that means they belong to teacher community. UGC is not for non teaching staff. You should be given TA/DA. There is no need of clarification from UGC.
Dr. Rajesh Singh
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Director, Academic Staff College, Chairman, BoS in Statistics Member, Faculty of Science,Academic Council, Senate & Management
Council,
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University Amravati 444 602, INDIA # 91- 9422840360 www.ascsgbau.ac.in [1] & www.sgbau.ac.in [2]
------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 01:32:02 +0000 From: mohanrakeshdr@yahoo.co.in To: anand.dodamani@tiss.edu CC: rakeshmohan@nehu.ac.in; secretary@ugc.ac.in; ascnehu@gmail.com; ascpune7@gmail.com; ugcasc_ju@yahoo.co.in; ac_staff@rediffmail.com; ascuoh@gmail.com; director@asc.mu.ac.in; ugcascgu@rediffmail.com; ascddugkp@gmail.com; mysoreasc@rediffmail.com; ugcasc_kuk@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc@asc.mu.ac.in; ugcascsu@gmail.com; bcgchemistry@gmail.com; anandsharma_64@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc_bu@yahoo.com; ascnainital@rediffmail.com; asclko@rediffmail.com; asc@bdu.ac.in; asc_amu@yahoo.com; asc_ngpnu@yahoo.co.in; ugcasc_ku@yahoo.com; ascnbu@gmail.com; drmanikbu@gmail.com; director.asc@pondiuni.edu.in; directorasc_2009@rediffmail.com; ascugcmzu@gmail.com; asccu2014@gmail.com; asclnipe@rediffmail.com; academicstaffcollegegndu@gmail.com; ascbu2006@rediffmail.com; ugcascindore@gmail.com; kanhaiyatripathi@yahoo.co.in; ascmdsu@gmail.com; ascjodhpur@rediffmail.com; mkuascdirector@gmail.com; ascunike@yahoo.com; ascgndu@yahoo.com; ascsu@rediffmail.com; office@ascbamu.edu.in; asc.sgbau@rediffmail.com; asc.uoc@gmail.com; asc.utkal@gmail.com; ascpup2005@gmail.com; kannurasc@gmail.com; ugcasc.kud@gmail.com; ascpuchd@gmail.com; asc_au@yahoo.com; asc@unigoa.ac.in; ascpatna@yahoo.com; directorasc@yahoo.com; ascgjuhisar@rediffmail.com; ascshimla@gmail.com; info@ascrajkot.org; asstdirector@asc.buruniv.ac.in; sulaim_05@yahoo.co.in; krjsingh@gmail.com; rsinghamt@hotmail.com; asc.jnu@gmail.com; directorascggv@gmail.com; ddvijayalaxmisingh@gmail.com; hrdcsection@gmail.com Subject: Re: Thank You
Dear ShriDodamani,
thanks for your email.We do not have any document OR written communication from the commission which says that Librarians are teachers participants.In case you are having such communication kindly provide us .
with best wishes,
Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 11:51 AM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote:
Dear Dr. Rakesh Mohan,
Thanks for responding positively to my request mail. We will surely take
up the matter with the commission. As far as my knowledge goes, the term
'Teacher Participants' also includes the Librarians and Physical Education Teachers.
Anyway, we will try to secure clarifications from UGC on the issue.
With regards,
Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On 2015-06-09 08:45, rakesh mohan wrote:
To, Mr.Anand Dodamani, Assistant Librarian,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai. Dear Shri Dodamani,
I am in receipt of your email. This query should have been made from the funding agency ie UGC. Moreover, before seeking this information you should have gone through the HRDC XII five year guide lines which are effective from Feb,2015(AVAILABLE AT UGC WEBSIDE).Any how, as matter of courtesy I am pleased to provide you with the following information's.
Over the page number 17, para 11.3 clearly mentioned that _"TEACHER PARTICIPANTS MAY BE PAID UPTO A LIMIT OF A/C III RAILWAY FARE (ALL TRAINS) OR A/C_
deluxe bus fare on production of tickets.Outstation participants may
be provided free boarding and lodging by the University. To cover the cost of their boarding/ lodging, the Commission will pay the University on reimbursement basis Rs. 500/- per day for outstation participant for ‘A’ class cities, Rs. 400/- per day for other places. In case only free lodging is provided, DA will be allowed at 75 percent of the ordinary rate of daily allowance. The allowance will be used purely for the purpose of giving boarding/lodging to the participants. In case the outstation participant does not avail the facility for boarding/lodging, he/she will be paid Rs.300/- per day."
Since Librarians/assistant Librarians does not falls under the TEACHERS PARTICIPANTS category , hence not eligible to receive any financial assistance while attending Orientation programme/refresher courses from the current Financial year on wards.
Hope this will satisfy your query . However you may take up the matter with the commission for any other clarification.
with best wishes,
Yours faithfully, Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
CC:1. Secretary,UGC,New Delhi.
2.All the Directors,HRDC's for information only.
On Monday, 8 June 2015 4:13 PM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote:
To
Dr. Rakesh Mohan Director UGC-HRDC, NEHU.
Dear Sir,
Greetings.
This is with reference to your recent letter issued to one of the participants of the 33rd Orientation Programme (ongoing).
In your communication (copy attached) you have mentioned in bold letters that the "Librarians are not eligible for TA/DA to attend Orineation Programme" as per the guideline issued by the UGC.
The information is really shocking and is a news to many professionals like me who have attended several Orientation/ Refresher
courses in their career.
May I please have a copy of the UGC Circular banning librarians to receive financial assistance from the commission to attend development
programmes such as Origination and Refresher Courses?
In anticipation of your positive response.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
Links: ------ [1] http://www.ascsgbau.ac.in/ [2] http://www.sgbau.ac.in/
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*Anand DodamaniAsst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)V. N. Purav Marg, DeonarMumbai- 400 081* *Phone: 022-2552 5274* *Website: www.tiss.edu <http://www.tiss.edu>*
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Dear all, In connection of denial of ASC NEHU to pay TA/DA to library professionals I would like to inform you that I have sent them reply of UGC that says librarian is an academic post. I wish to request you that if you are in possession of any such document which says librarian is a teacher/academic staff, please send a copy of the same to ASC/HRDC NEHU so that the confusion may be removed. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Anand Dodamani <anand.karuni@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
Greetings.
In a shocking incident, the Academic Staff College of North Eastern Hill University has refused to pay TA/DA to a participant of its 33rd Orientation Programme just because the participant was a librarian!!!
A letter issued to the participant librarian by the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, states that "the Librarians do not fall under the category of 'Teacher Participant' and hence not eligible for TA/DA".
On reading this news in one of the discussion forums, I wrote to the Director of UGC-ASC, NEHU, seeking more clarification on the issue. In his reply, the Director has reiterated his stand of not providing TA/DA to the participant librarians. He quoted HRDC 12th Five Year Guidelines to support his stand.
The Guideline says that a 'Teacher Participant' may be paid TA/DA'. The ASC-Director at NEHU is interpreting the rule in a different way and saying that "Librarians/ Assistant Librarians do not fall under the category of Teacher.
It is an established fact that for all academic purposes, the librarians are equated with teachers and are fit to receive financial assistance for attending career development programmes of UGC.
The Director of UGC-ASC, Amarawati University, Maharashtra supported this by saying that "librarians should get TA/DA for attending the courses conducted by UGC-ASCs.
Now, it is a time, the Library Associations both at National and Regional Level should wake up and act upon.
A detailed communication with the Director of ASC-NEHU is appended for your reference.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Mumbai.
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Dear all, The definition of teacher does not mean only teaching staff it includes Librarian, Director Physical education etc. The definition of teacher is given in Mah. Univ. Act 1994 very clearly at the starting. Similar definition will be given in other state Universities acts. Moreover UGC regulation 2009 is not only for teacher it covers all categories i.e. the scale is for all. UGC is governing librarian that means they belong to teacher community. UGC is not for non teaching staff. You should be given TA/DA. There is no need of clarification from UGC.
Dr. Rajesh Singh
Professor & Head, Department of Statistics, Director, Academic Staff College, Chairman, BoS in Statistics Member, Faculty of Science,Academic Council, Senate & Management
Council,
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University Amravati 444 602, INDIA # 91- 9422840360 www.ascsgbau.ac.in [1] & www.sgbau.ac.in [2]
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Dear ShriDodamani,
thanks for your email.We do not have any document OR written communication from the commission which says that Librarians are teachers participants.In case you are having such communication kindly provide us .
with best wishes,
Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 11:51 AM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote:
Dear Dr. Rakesh Mohan,
Thanks for responding positively to my request mail. We will surely take
up the matter with the commission. As far as my knowledge goes, the term
'Teacher Participants' also includes the Librarians and Physical Education Teachers.
Anyway, we will try to secure clarifications from UGC on the issue.
With regards,
Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
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On 2015-06-09 08:45, rakesh mohan wrote:
To, Mr.Anand Dodamani, Assistant Librarian,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai. Dear Shri Dodamani,
I am in receipt of your email. This query should have been made from the funding agency ie UGC. Moreover, before seeking this information you should have gone through the HRDC XII five year guide lines which are effective from Feb,2015(AVAILABLE AT UGC WEBSIDE).Any how, as matter of courtesy I am pleased to provide you with the following information's.
Over the page number 17, para 11.3 clearly mentioned that _"TEACHER PARTICIPANTS MAY BE PAID UPTO A LIMIT OF A/C III RAILWAY FARE (ALL TRAINS) OR A/C_
deluxe bus fare on production of tickets.Outstation participants may
be provided free boarding and lodging by the University. To cover the cost of their boarding/ lodging, the Commission will pay the University on reimbursement basis Rs. 500/- per day for outstation participant for ‘A’ class cities, Rs. 400/- per day for other places. In case only free lodging is provided, DA will be allowed at 75 percent of the ordinary rate of daily allowance. The allowance will be used purely for the purpose of giving boarding/lodging to the participants. In case the outstation participant does not avail the facility for boarding/lodging, he/she will be paid Rs.300/- per day."
Since Librarians/assistant Librarians does not falls under the TEACHERS PARTICIPANTS category , hence not eligible to receive any financial assistance while attending Orientation programme/refresher courses from the current Financial year on wards.
Hope this will satisfy your query . However you may take up the matter with the commission for any other clarification.
with best wishes,
Yours faithfully, Rakesh Mohan, Director,UGC,HRDC, NEHU Shillong.
CC:1. Secretary,UGC,New Delhi.
2.All the Directors,HRDC's for information only.
On Monday, 8 June 2015 4:13 PM, Anand Dodamani <anand.dodamani@tiss.edu> wrote:
To
Dr. Rakesh Mohan Director UGC-HRDC, NEHU.
Dear Sir,
Greetings.
This is with reference to your recent letter issued to one of the participants of the 33rd Orientation Programme (ongoing).
In your communication (copy attached) you have mentioned in bold letters that the "Librarians are not eligible for TA/DA to attend Orineation Programme" as per the guideline issued by the UGC.
The information is really shocking and is a news to many professionals like me who have attended several Orientation/ Refresher
courses in their career.
May I please have a copy of the UGC Circular banning librarians to receive financial assistance from the commission to attend development
programmes such as Origination and Refresher Courses?
In anticipation of your positive response.
Regards,
Anand Dodamani Asst. Librarian Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai
Links: ------ [1] http://www.ascsgbau.ac.in/ [2] http://www.sgbau.ac.in/
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