Mangalore, Dec 20: The 28th Statutory Conference of AIFUCTO from December 18-20, 2015, at Ambaji Gujarat. The Conference focused on various aspects of higher education & urgent social issues in India including the following:
1. The professional issues including the refusal of the Govt. to constitute a UGC pay review committee and solve API problem.
2. The utter deprivation of sections of teachers called variously as part time teachers or contractual teachers or self-financing teachers or guest teachers.
3. The agenda of nationwide agitation program against the MHRD policies & inaction.
4. The opposition to ongoing privatisation & commercialisation of higher education.
5. The impending threat from Govt. of India implementing WTO/GATS provisions.
6. Huge number of vacant posts, poor infrastructure in universities and colleges.
7. The lack of democratic governance in educational institutions
8. Campaign for plurality, tolerance, peace & harmony.
9. Joint program with civil society & trade unions
A National Seminar on: “New Education Policies-Prospects & Challenges” was also organized as a part of the Conference.
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICE BEARERS OF AIFUCTO 2016-2018
All the new Office Bearers of Aifucto have been unanimously elected at the 28th statutory conference.
PRESIDENT: Prof. Kesab Bhattacharya (West Bengal) : 0983021794, E-mail:
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VICE PRESIDENTS:
1. Dr Norbert Lobo (Karnataka)
2. Prof. Debabrata Goswami (Tripura)
3. Prof. Harish Chandra Singh Uttar Pradesh)
4. Prof. Jagwant Singh (Punjab)
5. Prof. Lawande Shamrao Pandurong (Maharashtra)
6. Prof. Mahadev Desai (Gujarat)
7. Prof. Manas Behera (Odisha)
8. Prof. S.Subba Raju (Tamil Nadu)
9. Prof. T.Arivudai Nambi (Tamil Nadu)
GENERAL SECRETARY: Prof.Arun Kumar (Bihar), Ph: 09431617320,
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TREASURER: Prof.D.Kumar ( Madhya Pradesh)
NATIONAL SECRETARIES:
1. Prof. Binayak Bhattacharya (West Bengal)
2. Prof. Biswajit Bhuyan (Assam)
3. Prof. K.R.Vivekanandan (Kerala)
4. Prof. Madhu Paranjpe (Maharashtra)
5. Prof. Vijay Kumar Piyush(Jharkhand)
ZONAL SECRETARIES:
1. Zone I: Prof. M.Lokendra Singh (Manipur)
2. Zone II: Prof.Ashok Kumar Singh (Bihar)
3. Zone III: Prof. Rajesh Chandra Mishra (Uttar Pradesh)
4. Zone IV: Prof.P.K.Sirothia (Madhya Pradesh)
5. Zone V: Prof.Iqbal Singh Sindhu (Haryana)
6. Zone VI: Prof.R.H.Patil (Maharashtra)
7. Zone VII: Prof.B.Hirannaiah (Karnataka)
8. Zone VIII: M.Ravichandran (Tamil Nadu)