"No Students To Teach, So Here's The Salary Back": Bihar Professor's Rs24-Lakh Protest
NDTV
Lallan Kumar, assistant professor of Hindi at Nitishwar College, says he fears "academic death" unless he's shifted to a different college
"There's no one to teach, so what's the salary for?" — a college professor in Bihar gave this simple logic as he lost heart over students never showing up for classes. He has returned his salary of two years and nine months — Rs 23.8 lakh — though the authorities have not yet accepted the protest payback, nor do they buy his logic upfront.
Lallan Kumar, assistant professor of Hindi at Nitishwar College in Muzaffarpur, says he fears "academic death" unless shifted to a different college by the affiliating university.
He shared a festering grouse too: "When I'd joined, I was not posted to a college where I could teach postgraduate classes. Those with lower ranks (in the selection process) got those postings. Here, the students never show up." He alleged that his name was "cut" from the transfer list several times.
"I will start a sit-in protest if my demand isn't met," he told NDTV.
