Applications called for Jayadeva director’s post

With the tenure of C.N. Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research — the State-run heart speciality centre, coming to an end this month, the Medical Education Department called for applications for the post on Saturday.

With the tenure of C.N. Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research — the State-run heart speciality centre, coming to an end this month, the Medical Education Department called for applications for the post on Saturday.

The department, which published an advertisement in a Kannada daily, has given applicants only four working days to apply — till 5 p.m. on January 19.

Sources said this was a short period for interested candidates to apply for a premier institution such as Jayadeva. “Usually, interested candidates are given at least three weeks to apply. Why is the government hurrying up the process of appointing a new director? They can post an in-charge director till a permanent director is appointed,” sources said.

On July 17 last year, the State government extended the term of Dr. Manjunath by six months. His one-year extension, given in 2022, ended on July 19, 2023.

Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil had told The Hindu that a search committee would be appointed to select a new director for the institute.