Three months on, Rohtak performing arts varsity’s contractual faculty awaits salaries

Contractual faculty members of Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts (DLC-SUPVA), Rohtak, have not received their salaries for up to three months. Some of these staffers last received salaries in November last year.

DLC-SUPVA comprises Film and TV, Visual Arts, Design, and Town Planning and Architecture departments, at which nearly 35 adjunct and guest faculty members are employed on a contractual basis.

The contractual teachers of Film and TV faculty have not received their salaries for three months, and those from the remaining faculties have been awaiting their salaries for two months.

Contacted for comments, DLC-SUPVA Registrar Dr Gunjan Malik Manocha said the delay in disbursement of salaries to contractual faculty members had been caused due to the delay in the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor.

“However, Shree Prakash Singh has now assumed charge as the Vice-Chancellor, and salaries will be released within a week after the completion of the official procedure in this regard,” she added.

DLC-SUPVA Teachers’ Association president Indranil Ghosh said having to work without receiving salaries for the past few months had been quite challenging for contractual faculty members.

“We understand that the delay has been caused due to the Vice-Chancellor’s post lying vacant, but there should be a mechanism to ensure timely payment of salaries to all,” he added.