ENHANCEMENT OF AGE OF RETIREMENT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS TO 65 YEARS IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar:The Utkal University Teachers’ Association (UUTA) started functioning today with the following office bearers and executive members from its office in the faculty club premises of the university. UUTA is a collective of teachers in Utkaluniversity registered since 1993 to represent the university faculty members in different forums. In the past, UUTA has been instrumental in the statewide legal struggle of university teachers against the amendment made by the state higher education department. UUTA is a member organization of the Federation of Odisha University Teachers Associations (FOUTA) and Joint Action Committee of University Teachers in the State. The elections of the Association could not be held during last two years because of the crisis caused by COVID-19. On assuming office, the leaders of the association expressed their concerns over the inequality in the service conditions of university teachers under the state government compared to other states and central universities. The leaders of the association mentioned that UUTA will continue its struggle to enhance the retirement age of university faculty members to 65 years.

The following members have been elected for various posts as mentioned against their names. The tenure of the elected members to UUTA and Faculty Club will be for one year or till the next elections.

Elected Members of UUTA Executive Committee

President: KunjaBihari Panda, Statistics

Vice-President: Kabir Mohan Sethy. Geography

Secretary: SibaSankarMohanty, Economics

Joint Secretary: SudhakarJally, Philosophy

Treasurer: Satya Narayan Pal, Chemistry

Executive Committee Members, UUTA

AsimRanjanParhi, English

Asish Chandra Pathy, Geography

Durga Shankar Pattanaik, Geology

MitaliChinara, Economics

NiranjanSabar, Sanskrit

Prafulla Kumar Swain, Statistics

PriyaRanjan Dash, Statistics

Rabindra Kumar Swain, Commerce

SmitaNaik, Political Science

Subrat Kumar Naik, Anthropology

Elected Members of Utkal University Faculty Club

Secretary: Sushant Kumar Patra, Archeology

Joint Secretary: KirtyRanjanMallick, Geology

Executive Members, Faculty Club

Dharmendra Das, Sanskrit

PriyankaKhurana, Anthropology

PulastyaJani, English

Rudra Narayan Mohapatra, Odia

SanatanMajhi, Biotechnology