Faculty members of SSH Indore threaten mass resignation over delay in promotions

"Promotion of many of the faculty members has been pending since August, last year but the officials are not taking appropriate steps for the same,’ said a faculty member in SSH, Indore.

In response to their concerns, the medical college administration asked the faculty members to delay their protest and gave them assurances to resolve their issues in a week. 

Speaking to Free Press Journal, Dr Sanjay Dixit, Dean, MGM Medical College, Indore said, "We have discussed the demands of faculty members and initiated steps for their due promotions. Their issues will be resolved in a week. We don’t have any information of mass resignation.’ 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that deans of four government medical colleges of Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Rewa were served with a show-cause notice by the Medical Education Commissioner for the alleged delay in promoting the faculty members of the Super Speciality Hospitals.

Issuing show-cause, the Commissioner asked the officials to submit a reply within three days explaining why action must not be taken against them under the Sections of Madhya Pradesh Civil Sewa Acharan Niyam 1966.

Under the existing rules, the assistant professors in Super Speciality Hospitals get promoted to the post of Associate Professor within a period of two years. On the other hand, Associate Professors must get promoted to the post of Professor after three years.

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