Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: Jammu University SC/ST Employees Association has urged the Vice-Chancellor Prof R D Sharma to constitute a Standing Committee for SC/ST so that all the burning issues of the category employees are discussed therein and get resolved.
The appeal was made during a meeting of the Association, held today under the chairmanship of its president R L Kaith.
The Association also demanded representation for SC/ST in various bodies of the University like University Council, Syndicate, Academic Council, Establishment Committee, Selection Committees, House Allotment Committee, etc, as per the UGC instructions given to JU in 2008.
Besides, the Association appealed the Governor N N Vohra, who also happens to be Chancellor of University of Jammu, to appoint new Vice-Chancellor of the University from amongst the teaching faculty of JU.
Prominent among others, who attended the meeting, included Choudhary Shah Alam, Surinder Kumar Shavotra, Surjeet Singh Heer, Om Parkash, Paras Ram, Mohan Lal, Kuldeep Kumar, Milkhi Ram Malhotra and Sukhdev Bhagat.