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SKUAST-TAJ demands enhancement in retirement age 12/8/2019 10:05:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 8: The executive meeting was held between the office bearers of SKUAST-Teaching Association Jammu (SKUAST-TAJ) under the chairmanship of its President, Dr. Vikas Sharma at Main Campus Chatha in which the issue regarding the enhancement in retirement age of University faculty members / scientists from 62 to 65 years was discussed. While chairing a meeting of office bearers, President SKUAST-TAJ Dr. Vikas Sharma said that G. B. Pant University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Teaching Association Jammu (SKUAST- TAJ). Pantnagar and Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, have taken the lead in this regard and fixed the age of superannuation as 65 in the year 2013 there by retaining the excellent human resource. Dr. Sharma said that Central University of Kashmir and Central University of Jammu have 65 yrs age of superannuation for their teachers, since their inception and this is in tune with the recommendations of University Grant Commission (UGC). He informed that in the recent Council Meet Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Jammu also increased the superannuation age of their teachers to 65 and the agenda item regarding enhancement in superannuation age of teachers has already been approved long back in the Council Meet of University of Jammu and University of Kashmir. Dr. Sharma further pointed out that State Universities are accepting all UGC requirements that had been brought into force including qualifications laid down for various posts and appealed that it is only fair that service conditions recommended by UGC for teachers / scientists should now be implemented in toto for better research and teaching outputs.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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