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University allowed to fill vacancies

THE STATE Government has given the green signal to Bangalore University to fill 67 of the 120 teachers' vacancies in the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE).

This decision virtually ends the ban on teacher recruitment, which was in force for nearly a decade in the university.

The permission to recruit teachers, however, comes with a rider: the university will not ask for additional grants from the Government. The funds for payment of salaries to teachers should be mobilised from the university's internally generated resources.

The approved UVCE posts include those of 16 professors, 17 readers and 34 lecturers.

The State Cabinet had approved the posts after obtaining the Finance Department's concurrence, sources said.

The Government has agreed to consider the university's request for filling 112 of 142 vacancies of teachers in other postgraduate departments of the university. But approval for recruitment will also be on the condition that the expenditure on salary will be met from the varsity's own resources.

When contacted, the University Vice-Chancellor, M.S. Thimmappa, said he is happy with the approval for recruitment.

"Running the courses with guest faculty is not in the interest of quality education. We were not able to get the best lecturers with the amount allotted for guest faculty," he said.

NIFD programmes

The Bangalore-based National Institute of Fashion Design (NIFD), in technical collaboration with Annamalai University, is offering two-year advanced diploma programmes in design. The diploma courses can be upgraded in the third year into degrees in the respective subjects.

The NIFD also offers two professional one-year courses in Apparel Marketing & Merchandising (AMM) and Garment Manufacturing Technology (GMT), besides six-month and one-year certificate courses in fashion, interiors and textiles.

For more information on the NIFD and its courses, contact the NIFD campus, 15th Cross, Sector 4, HSR Layout, Bangalore - 34 (phone: 57686712/9342525535).

Seminar

As part of its admission process for Master's in Tourism Administration course, Christ College has organised a seminar for students seeking admissions to the course on Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Students can contact the Department of Tourism (phone: 25526164/25536280) for more details (email: traveltourism @christcollege.edu).

Meet on wireless communications

The Department of Electronics and Communication and Telecommunications of Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology has organised a two-day national seminar on "Wireless communications" from Friday. Surendra Pal, scientist from the Indian Space Research Organisation, will inaugurate the event.

Faculty members from various engineering colleges are expected to participate in the seminar.

— Rasheed Kappan

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