Govt tells NIT Bhopal to cancel promotion of 20 faculty members

The Union human resources ministry served a notice to Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology to revert promotions of 20 professors and associate professors who were 'unlawfully' promoted last year.

The Union human resources ministry (HRD) served a notice to Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) to revert the promotions of about 20 professors and associate professors who were 'unlawfully' promoted last year.

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According to sources, MANIT director Appu Kuttan had given promotions to assistant professors as associate professors and associate professors to professors by relaxing rules. After the promotions, some associate professors raised objections.

"We have received the notice from HRD ministry... the ministry was misled as registrar gave wrong information to it. But, we will form a committee and the committee will take decision on it after checking all the facts," he said.

He denied giving the promotions out of turn.