SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, April 1: Prof ( Dr) KK Gupta, head of the department of Hindi, is all set to become the new president of Vinoba Bhave University Post Graduate (PG) Teachers Association Hazaribagh for 2022-24 sessions.
Prof Binod Ranjan of the social science department is set to be re-elected as secretary again for the second consecutive term while Prof Sukalyan Moitra of the political science department and Prof Subodh Singh of the Hindi department became new vice-presidents of the PG Teachers Association.
Prof Pankaj Majhi of the geology department and Prof Navin Chandra department of math are new joint secretaries. Prof Majhi was the treasurer in the previous committee and this time he had filed a nomination for the joint secretary’s post.
This time, no candidate filed a nomination for the post of treasurer. A senior member of the association said that the treasurer will be elected at AGM.
As per electoral officer, Prof SS Singh since a single candidate filed a nomination for each post all of them are all set to be elected unopposed. The official announcement would be made on April 7.
Notably, outgoing president Prof Kaushlendra Kumar (head of the department of chemistry), both vice-presidents Prof Humau Asaraf (Urdu department), Prof Manoj Kumar (department of zoology) and joint secretary Prof Avinash Kumar (department of botany) of the previous committee did not contest the election this time.
“I had been the office-bearer of the association for the last 25 years. I feel this is a time of change and new men should be given the opportunity to work,” said Prof Kaushelendra Kumar outgoing president.
There is no limit to holding a post in the VBU PG teachers association but Prof Kumar relinquished it only after one term of two years. “ Association runs smoothly only through collective efforts. Election creates bitterness. So I appealed to all members to select office bearers unanimously and it was done,” said Kaushelendra Kumar, who has been active in the association since 1997.
The outgoing president said ensuring the promotion of 1996 batch assistant professors into associate professors in 2008 was his major achievement. He was the first party in the case against the Jharkhand government on the matter.
