I am not surprised that the issues regarding the appointment of the Principal, as well as the Vice Principal and the Bursar, are still continuing.
Yesterday's New Delhi edition of The Hindu had a report Notices issued over St. Stephen's appointments that says that the petition states that the appointment of Rev. Valson Thampu as the Officer on Special Duty is illegal and as there is no Principal, the appointment of the Vice Principal is also not legal, and also the appointment of the Bursar is also illegal.
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) on Thursday issued notices to Delhi University, Chairman of the Governing Body and Supreme Council of St. Stephen’s College and the University Grants Commission on a petition alleging illegal appointments of college Principal Valson Thampu, Vice-Principal M.S. Frank and Bursar N. Raghunathan.
It pains me greatly to see Stephanians, anonymous letter writers, a Bishop, a Principal not acting as Principal but enjoying his posting as a Vice Chanceller in another University, and other grown men behaving in a manner which is totally non-Stephanian in character, and certainly not Christian.
With this sort of disturbing story hanging around the neck, no amount of great work or positive programmes will be able to get the necessary traction, and the only thing that suffers is the wonderful name of our College.
I wish that people would learn to work with each other in the spirit of what was instilled in me as a Stephanian in the early 60s. And for wanting that I am being labelled as a fundamentalist Christian!
3 comments:
Dear Jacob
It is a matter of great sadness, and indeed a matter of great shame, that College is in the news not for winning the University Cricket trophy, or the Debating Gold, or even for Old Boys [and now Old Gils] making the Magsasay, the Drona, or the Arjuna awards.
Perhaps it is in the nature of response to Celebrity, as they say in popular media culture.
But one does wonder why Media does not give comparable space and time to issues of Caste violence in premier Medical and Engineering institutions, includiong those in the National Capital, [when they do report, it is the agitation of the so called Intellectuals claiming that affirmative action encourages mediocrity], the near absence of Dalits in our IIMs and IITs [not to speak of our High Courts, and the posts of the Directors General of Police], the fact that thousands [and this is not an exaggeration, I can tell you from own my eperience in Delhi University college governing bodies] of PhDs woking upto ten years on temporary, ad hoc or guest teaching assignments at a pittance. Some of them borrow heavily just to pay the fees of their children. And all becuase of rampant nepostism and casteism. I wont even suggest other reasons -- including the infamous casting couche, and the simpler matter of corruption.
John Dayal
and
But the Media focus on College also makes me wonder
Dear Jacob
It is a matter of great sadness, and indeed a matter of great shame, that College is in the news not for winning the University Cricket trophy, or the Debating Gold, or even for Old Boys [and now Old Gils] making the Magsasay, the Drona, or the Arjuna awards.
Perhaps it is in the nature of response to Celebrity, as they say in popular media culture.
But one does wonder why Media does not give comparable space and time to issues of Caste violence in premier Medical and Engineering institutions, includiong those in the National Capital, [when they do report, it is the agitation of the so called Intellectuals claiming that affirmative action encourages mediocrity], the near absence of Dalits in our IIMs and IITs [not to speak of our High Courts, and the posts of the Directors General of Police], the fact that thousands [and this is not an exaggeration, I can tell you from own my eperience in Delhi University college governing bodies] of PhDs woking upto ten years on temporary, ad hoc or guest teaching assignments at a pittance. Some of them borrow heavily just to pay the fees of their children. And all becuase of rampant nepostism and casteism. I wont even suggest other reasons -- including the infamous casting couche, and the simpler matter of corruption.
John Dayal
and
But the Media focus on College also makes me wonder
We also Forget the near absence of Christians in Doon School and Civil Services now!!!!
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