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Appointments at IMS-BHU questioned
THERE SEEMS to be doubts regarding transparency in the selection of senior residents at the Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences in Banaras Hindu University. Dr Ashutosh Kumar Yadav, a candidate for the post of senior resident, alleged that IMS authorities violated the norms of the Central Council of Indian Medicine in the said appointments. Interviews for recruitment of senior residents were held on December 15, 2005 in BHU.
THERE SEEMS to be doubts regarding transparency in the selection of senior residents at the Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences in Banaras Hindu University.
Dr Ashutosh Kumar Yadav, a candidate for the post of senior resident, alleged that IMS authorities violated the norms of the Central Council of Indian Medicine in the said appointments.
Interviews for recruitment of senior residents were held on December 15, 2005 in BHU.
“Probably one of the candidates, Dr Anubha Srivastava (selected for the post of Rachana Sharir) failed in the subject, Anatomy, in the preliminary examination, but she did not mention this in her bio-data just to hide the facts,” Dr Yadav stated in a letter forwarded to BHU vice-chancellor Prof Panjab Singh.
He alleged that the selected candidate completed her MD (Ayurveda) under a teacher who did not posses a medical degree and never taught the subject, Rachana Sharir.
“As such, this is a matter of consideration, whether the degree of this candidate (for being guided by a non-medical teacher) is valid for any appointment,” he said.
Dr Yadav further alleged that the appointment of any employee above the grade of Rs 8,000 was being done under the supervision of the V-C. However, it was not so in the appointment of senior residents (grade above Rs 10,000), which was being done under the chairmanship of the IMS director alone, he said.
Dr Yadav has requested the BHU V-C to conduct an official inquiry into the matter.
Dr Yadav told Hindustan Times that besides this particular case, there were mass irregularities in other appointments also.
He has also forwarded a letter to President of India and visitor of BHU Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, BHU rector Prof S Lele and registrar N Sundaram to initiate appropriate steps to safeguard the interests of genuine candidates. IMS director Prof Gajendra Singh could not be contacted for comments while BHU registrar N Sundaram denied to speak on the issue.
This is not the first time when irregularities have surfaced in the Faculty of Ayurveda. Anomalies had surfaced during the entrance examination of MD/MS last year when some aspirants had alleged that the examination papers were leaked from the central office.
