UAS teaching staff decide to continue protest

With their main demands pertaining to various facilities not being considered for fulfilment, teaching staff of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, who are on indefinite strike for a w

With their main demands pertaining to various facilities not being considered for fulfilment, teaching staff of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, who are on indefinite strike for a week now, have resolved to continue the agitation.

General Secretary of UAS Teachers Welfare Association Mahantesh Naik said on Monday that Vice-Chancellor of UAS, Dharwad, M.B. Chetti had not responded positively to their demands. “Consequently, we are forced to continue the agitation in front of the administrative building of the university. There is no question of withdrawing the protest till our legitimate demands are met,” he said.

Prof. Naik said that they were aware of the fact that the final decision on some of the demands raised by them should be decided after discussion at a meeting of the Board of Management Council. However, the Vice-Chancellor had not yet convened the board meeting, he said.