Regarding nepotism in Kathmandu University, there has been number of letters published from the faculties as well as KUPA in e-kantipur (24-27 May). Similarly, there are other write-ups in Nepali languages dailies and weeklies. We, ex graduates of KU, have compiled all these and put them in the following blog;

www.changeinku.blogspot.com

All the graduates and ex-faculteis are welcome to give their opinion. Let us destroy nepotism in KU.

There is nepotism in the United States government. Did you forget how Jeb Bush fabricated the polls to make his brother Georgie win?

I am also baffled by the words used in the name calling. I just noticed the word "Mandale" to describe Suresh Raj Sharma. This is pretty disturbing.

It is fine to express opinion constructively to bring change and help KU reform. But, the venom used in characterizing the management of KU is a bit overboard.. at least in my view. Then, dedicating an entire blog for this purpose also seems deliberate and not very helpful.

I don't understand why Suresh Sharma is described as thug and mandale?
What is the rationale for such a name calling?
What is the definition of Mandale anyway?
Do you think it is right to label a person so viciously?
It sounds more like a political smear campaign than a constructive suggestion.
How such a tactic helpful in helping KU?

Is Girija a Mandale? If not, why not? What makes Suresh Raj Mandale and not Girija?

Mandales don't dedicate their life establishing high quality universities? How many mandales are out there who are doing it?

Yes, Suresh Raj Sharma may have hired some kins at KU (I still await the qualification of those hired versus those fired.), but calling him a mandale is very unfair. At least, this is not how you reform KU.


ST

Pankopaat ji,

If Suresh Raj Sharma fits in your definition of MANDALE, then I think we need couple of hundreds of such MANDALE to lead key national institutions. Period!

Regarding the promotion/appointments, you are right it should follow the rule and procedure. But it does not mean that for professorship one must start with lecture and spend so many years in given career steps. There can be several channels within the procedure, and in academic environments discretion of management based on multiple criteria is a common practice. Offering full professorship to a young graduate or professional without PhD is not rare even in top ranked universities. But your definition of procedure looks like that currently followed by TU system, which discourage lateral entry and thereby academic competition.

Most importantly, unlike bureaucracy, in academic institutions, the legitimacy of management emanates from the quality of its graduate and its image. One should not expect a vibrant university to run following a template of government bureaucracy.

I wish the MONKEY BUSINESS currently in show would do no damage to the image of KU and its graduates.

Neutral
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काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय प्राध्यापक संघ (KUPA) को आह्वान

काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय कावि स्थापना भए यता देखि केही सीमित पदाधिकारीहरुले विश्वविद्यालय साचालनमा स्वेच्छाचारिता मनोमानिता र भ्रष्टाचार गर्दै आएको तथ्य सार्वजनिक भैसकेको छ । आफन्त र नजिकका मान्छेहरुलाई नियुक्त गरी उनीहरुलाई लाभ उपलब्ध गराई विश्वविद्यालयमा दैनिक काम-काज साचालन गर्ने परम्पराको थालनी स्थापनाकाल देखिनै शक्तिमा बसेका व्यक्तिहरु आफु झन शक्तिशाली हुने नीति अनुरुप नै गर्दै आएको तथ्य यहाँहरुलाई सर्ववितितै छ । यसबाट सिर्जना भएको अव्यावसायिक सँस्कृति (unprofessional culture) र व्यवस्थापकीय कमजोरी (mismanagement) ले कुप्रथाको थालनी भएको हुँदा त्यस्तो प्रकारको श्रृङ्खलालाई अन्त्य गर्न अत्यन्त आवश्यक भै सकेको छ ।

काविमा यस्तो लज्जाजनक संस्कारको चरम विकास भैसक्दा पनि विश्वविद्यालय बाहिर यसबारे चर्चा हुन्छकि भन्ने त्रासले उपकुलपति रजिष्ट्रार र परीक्षा नियन्त्रक लगायतले खेलेको भूमिकालाई यहाँ भैरहेको दमन शोषण र भ्रष्टाचारलाई ढाक छोप गर्ने प्रयासको रुपमा लिनु पर्छ । यस्तो प्रकारको स्वेच्छाचारिताको विरुद्धमा जब स्वाभिमानी प्राध्यापकहरुले संगठित भै KUPA गठन गर्ने प्रकि्रया सुरु गरे तब तिनै पदाधिकारी र उनीहरुका मतियारहरुले विश्वविद्यालयमा विधिको नियम विपरीत संगठित प्राध्यापकहरुका आवाजलाई उपेक्षा गर्ने र सांघातिक हमला गर्ने कुचेष्टा जस्ता निर्लज्ज तरिकाको व्यवहार प्रदर्शन गरी प्राज्ञिक समुदाय सामु आफैलाई कलङ्कित तुल्याएका छन् । विश्वविद्यालयमा कार्यरत तठस्थ प्राध्यापक एवं कर्मचारीहरुको अथक प्रयासले काविले जुन प्रतिष्ठा हासिल गरेको छ त्यसैलाई ढाल बनाई आफ्नो सामन्ती मानसिकता र अक्षमताको ढाकछोप गर्न उपकुलपति रजिष्ट्रार एवं परीक्षा नियन्त्रक निरङकुश शैलीमा प्रस्तुत हुने कुरा कोहीबाट लुकेको छैन ।

काविका सम्पूर्ण विद्यार्थी प्राध्यापक अन्वेषक प्रशिक्षक प्रशासनिक कर्मचारीहरु र सर्वसाधारणलाई हामी जानकारी दिन चाहान्छौ काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय प्राध्यापक संघ गठन प्रकि्रया सम्पन्न भई यस्को काम-काज साचालनार्थ एउटा कार्यसमिति पनि गठन भैसकेको छ ।

यसै बीच KUPA को समर्थनमा र यस्ले गर्ने युगान्तकारी अभियानमा सम्लग्न हुने व्यक्तिहरुलाई हामी आश्वासन दिन चाहन्छो कि KUPA को कार्यमा ऐक्यवद्धता जनाउनॆ व्यक्तिहरु माथि गरिने दमन र अन्यायको विरुद्धमा KUPA ले न्याय दिलाउन सुदृढ कदम चाल्न पछि पर्ने छैन ।

स्वेच्छाचारिताको पछिल्लो उदाहरण प्रस्तुत गर्दै Department of Natural Sciences (Chemistry) का अ.प्रो. डा. बोरिस निरौलालाई नियम विपरीत कार्वाही गर्ने निर्णयको विरुद्धमा School of Science का डीन डा. पुष्पराज अधिकारी र निमित्त रजिष्ट्रार डा. भद्रमान तुलाधरको KUPA तत्काल राजिनामा माग गर्दछ । काविमा विधिको शासनलाई चुनौती दिन्दै मनोमानी तवरले आफ्नो हैकम र रवाफ लादने व्यक्तिहरुलाई पदमा बसी राख्ने कुनै नैतिक अधिकार नभएको र यी व्यक्तिहरुलाई बर्खास्त गर्नु पर्छ भन्ने हाम्रो अडान छ । मिति २०६३ आषाढ २ गते बिहान १०।०० बजे सम्म राजिनामा नआएको खण्डमा का।वि।प्रा। संघ कडा संघर्षमा उत्रन बाध्य हुनेछ । साथै समस्त स्वाभिमानी कर्मचारीहरुलाई KUPA को अभियानमा उत्रन हार्दिक आह्वान गर्दछ ।

KUPA ले काविमा मर्यादित सँस्कृतिको थालनी गर्ने अभियानमा यी प्रारम्भिक मागहरु अघि सारेको छ । KUPA ले अघि सारेका कुनै पनि मागलाई अहिले र भविष्यमा उपेक्षा नगरियोस् भन्ने हाम्रो अन्तिम आग्रह छ । अन्यथा विश्वविद्यालयमा पठनपाठन परीक्षा अनुसन्धान कार्य अदिमा अवरोध पुगे विश्वविद्यालयका पदाधिकारीहरु पूर्णरुपले जिम्मेवार हुनेछन् भन्ने कुराको जानकारी यसै आह्वान पत्र मार्फत गराउँन चाहन्छो।

KUPA लॆ अन्य मागहरु र काविको संरचना एवं नियममा आमूल सुधारका कार्यक्रमहरु सहित आन्दोलनमा छिटै उत्रिने जानकारी पनि दिन चाहन्छो । यस अभियानमा सर्मथन गर्न चाहने प्रध्यापकहरुले कुनै कारण वश संलग्नता जनाउन नसक्नु भएको भए KUPA कार्यसमितिका कुनै पनि सदस्यलाई सम्पर्क राखी आफ्नो औपचारिक ऐक्यबद्धता जनाउन हामी सादर अनुरोध गर्दछौ ।

काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय प्राध्यापक संघ
धुलिखेल काभ्रे ।
मितिः २०६३ आषाढ १ वृहस्पतिबार ।

KUPA: sign of professional culture?

May be it is the Management Innovation of KU that universities can be better off adopting unionized culture ! (shining example of our TU)

Neutral
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Neutraljee,

Monkey Hand Coconut bhanne ta KU ka manager harule po garya jasto chha, hernus ta!

http://www.parewa.com/newsview.php?id=2421


काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालयमा अनियमितता

काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालय (केयू)मा चरम अनियमितता र निरंकुशता रहेको खुलासा भएको छ। केयूमा प्रजातान्त्रिक पद्धतिको पक्षमा आवाज उठाउने शिक्षकहरुलाई उपकूलपति सुरेशराज शर्माको निर्देशनमा बर्खास्थ गरिएका पीडित शिक्षकहरुले विश्वविद्यालय व्वस्थापन प्रतिगमनको मतियार बनेर चरम आर्थिक अनियमिततामा संलग्न भएको आरोप लगाएका छन्।

विश्वविद्यालय व्यवस्थापनले लोकतन्त्र आइसकेपछि पनि शिक्षकहरुले गठन गर्न प्रतिबन्ध लगाएको छ। उपकूलपति र रजिष्ट्रारको यो व्यवहारलाई 'सामन्ती र निरंकुश प्रवृत्ति भनेका छन्। विश्वविद्यालयको प्रजातान्त्रिकरणका साथै शिक्षकहरुको संगठन खोल्न पाउनुपर्ने अधिकारको संरक्षण गर्न उनीहरुले माग गरेका छन्।

विश्वविद्यालयमा उपकूलपति र रजिष्ट्रारका आफन्त मात्र मुख्य पदमा आसिन भएको खुलास उनीहरुले गरेका छन्। विश्वविद्यालयको प्रमुख प्रशासकीय अधिकृतमा शर्माका कान्छा भाई मुकुन्द शर्मा उपाध्याय रहेका छन्। कम्प्युटर साइन्स/इन्जिनियरिङ विभाग प्रमुखमा उपकूलपतिका भान्जा मनिष पोखरेल रहेका छन्। यसैगरी शर्माकी कान्छी छोरी सिजन ढुंगेल योजना हेर्ने म्यानेजर बनाइएको छ।

भौतिक पूर्वाधार र प्रयोगशाला भवनको अभाव भइरहेको अवस्थामा विश्वविद्यालयले रिसोर्ट खरिद गरेको छ। सो रिसोर्टमा उपकूलपति र रजिष्ट्रारका परिवारको जमघट गर्ने एवं फेमिलि पिकनिक हुँदै आएको छ।

साथै ७ वर्षसम्म बढुवा नभएका शिक्षकहरुलाई हटाउने व्यवस्था केयूमा विद्यमान छ। यसका कारण शिक्षकहरुको मेहनत र दक्षताभन्दा चाकडीलाई ठूलो योग्यता मान्ने गरेको बर्खास्तमा परेका शिक्षकहरुले जनाएका छन्।

केयूका उपकूलपति सुरेशराज शर्माले भने ऐन बमोजिम नै युनियन खोल्न प्रतिबन्ध लगाएको बताउनुभयो। 'विश्वविद्यालयको सेवा शर्तको नियमअनुसार बढुवा हुने गरेको छ।– शर्माले परेवासँग भन्नुभयो।

www.parewa.com (15 June, 2006, 13:00 NST)

In a university sysyem in many countries aroud the world , a teacher is given 5 to 6 years to show their competence (teaching and research skill) and only then they are given a permanent position. This tenure system is misrepresened in above reporting as:

"...hard working sons and daughters of Nepali motherland are fired after many years of back breaking service..."

Or to say that as in the ParewaNews

"..Ku has provision of getting rid of people with 7 years of service..and so only with with Chakari are retained"

Well, these are false reporting.

The problwm is that these rules are so different than anything that TU applies and so people have hard time understanding this. KU needs to do a better job in communicating this to the media. (Of course, a fair treatment in promotion based on the merit is essential.)

Additionally, I also humbly request PankoPat to post other competing views on his/her blog to give readers a balanced opinion.

www.changeinku.blogspot.com

He has cut and pasted only his writing that starts with Dear SaritaJee... It would be nice to have what SaritaThapa's (me) opinion. If we are trying to have a healthy debate then he needs to do this.

Finally, if politics enters KU through unions then that will be the day KU will look more like TU and other politically infested institutions.

ST

Gurughantal posted.........

KUPA ले अघि सारेका कुनै पनि मागलाई अहिले र भविष्यमा उपेक्षा नगरियोस् भन्ने हाम्रो अन्तिम आग्रह छ । अन्यथा विश्वविद्यालयमा पठनपाठन परीक्षा अनुसन्धान कार्य अदिमा अवरोध पुगे विश्वविद्यालयका पदाधिकारीहरु पूर्णरुपले जिम्मेवार हुनेछन् भन्ने कुराको जानकारी यसै आह्वान पत्र मार्फत गराउँन चाहन्छो। ..............

See....... I told you. I told you before and I will tell you again.
I dont care who would be NEXT VC or NEXT Registrar. I dont care much about nepotism or what ever. All I care is I am KU's alumni and still my brothers and sisters or possibly my nephews and nieces are/will be studying in KU.
As you can see, these oppotunist teachers....... Kupa or whatever they are..........DO NOT CONCERN A BIT ON STUDENT'S LIFE....... now they have challenged that they will stop teaching....... just like TU .... How "Ghatiya" they could be?
Why they want to play with student's academic life? THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO PLAY WITH Student's ACADEMIC HOURS.
If that is the only way they can fight I can imagine it is a bit natural because they belong to stinky south east -asian political culture.
But TELL YA WHAT........... YOU ******* THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN KU. You have no right to play with student's academic life for your own PERSONAL onholy acheivements. BE AWARE...........

BTW sarita jee.......... Pankopat has changed his name yesterday ....... it is gurughantal now

Dear KUian
pleae have a look below.

http://www.changeinku.blogspot.com/

विशेष सम्पादकिय

लोकतान्त्रिक मान्यताहरु र काठमाडौँ विश्वविध्यालय

काठमाडौँ विश्वविध्यालय सम्बन्धमा प्रकट भावनाहरुलाई दृष्टिगत गर्ने हो भने देशकै भरपर्दो विश्वविध्यालयमा परिणत हुन अझै केहि समय लाग्ने निश्चित छ । यसका लागि वस्तुगत रुपमा भन्ने हो भने दशौँ वर्ष देखि हाली-मूहाली चलाई रहेका वरतमान उप-कूलपति सुरेश राज शर्मा तथा रजिष्ट्रार सिताराम अधिकारिका नातावाद, कृपावाद र अत्यन्त सन्देहास्पद तथा अपारदर्शि आर्थिक कृयाकलाप नै जिम्मेवार छ । विश्वविध्यालयमा बर्सौँ देखि कार्यरत शिक्षकहरुलाई अत्यन्त निर्ममतापूर्वक बर्खास्त गर्ने, असमान ढँगले बढुवा/पदोन्नति गर्ने, विषय नै नमिलेका शिक्षकहरुलाई असम्बन्धित विभागमा नियुक्ति दिलाउने आदि-ईत्यादि अत्याचार भोग्दै आएका का.वि.वि.का शिक्षकहरुले सम्पूर्ण नेपालमा लोकतन्तन्रको आगमन पश्चात पनि का.वि.वि. भित्र भने सुरेश राज शर्मा र सिताराम अधिकारीका दमन सहँदै आउनु परेको छ ।


नेपालकै सँविधान परिवर्तन हुने स्थितिमा पनि लोकतान्त्रिक र प्राज्ञिक मान्यताहरुलाई धुलिसात गर्दै का.वि.वि. को नीति र सोचमा शिक्षकहरुले सँगठन बनाउने प्रावधानहरु नरहेको अपव्याख्या गर्दै का.वि.वि.का शिक्षकहरुका साँगठानिक हकमाथि कुठाराघात गर्ने प्रयासमा सुरेश राज शर्मा र सिताराम अधिकारी निर्लीप्त छन । वर्तमान परिवर्तित स्थितिमा का.वि.वि. ले पनि आफुमा समय-सापेक्ष ढँगले परिमार्जन गर्नु पर्ने हो । त्यसका लागी नीति र सोचमा पनि अावश्यक परिवर्तन गर्नु जरुरी देखिन्छ। तर, नातावाद र कृपावादको दल-दलमा फसेका शर्मा र अधिकारी बन्धु यस्ता अग्रगामी कदमहरुले आफु र अाफ्ना नातेदारहरुका हाली-मुहालीको अन्त्य हुने भएकोले कुनै पनि किसिमका परिवर्तनहरु गर्न तयार छैनन। यथास्थितिवादको यो नाङ्गो रुप कुनै कमल थापा र भरत केशर सिँको मन्डले रुप भन्दा फरक छैन भन्दा अत्युक्ति नहोला ।


केमिष्ट्रि विभागका कर्मथ तथा लगनशिल प्राध्यापक बोरिस निरौला माथि गरिएको अत्यन्त नीच ब्यवहारले का.वि.वि.मा शर्मा तथा अधिकारी बन्धुको अत्याचारले सिमा नाघ्न थालेको आभास पाईन्छ। चैत्र महिनामै का.वि.वि.सँगको करार समाप्त भईसकेपछी मौखिक आश्वाशनमै पुन: करारमा कार्यरत लगनशिल प्राध्यापक श्री बोरिस निरौलाजीलाई अहिले आएर अकस्मात करार समाप्त भएको भन्दै सेवाबाट निष्काशन गरिएको छ । का.वि.वि.को विध्यमान प्रावधानमै पनि सेवाबाट हटन र हटाउन चाहने पक्षले एक-आपसमा कम्तीमा एक महिना अगावै सु-सूचित गर्नु पर्ने कुरा स्पष्ट उल्लेख गरिएको छ।


तत्पश्चात विना करार कसरी वैशाख महिनाको तलव भत्ता उक्त शिक्षकले प्राप्त गर्न सक्यो त भन्दै का.वि.वि.का शिक्षकहरुले सम्बन्धित डिनलाई घेराउ गर्दा, हिजोकै मितिमा करार सेवालाई जेठ महिनासम्म नवीकरण गर्दै तत्पश्चात सेवा नचाहिने भन्दै करार नविकरण र अवकाश पत्र एकै दिनमा प्रदान गर्ने नयाँ विश्व किर्तीमान का.वि.वि. प्राशासनले कायम गर्न पुगेको छ। ज्ञातब्य छ, नातावाद, कृपावाद र अार्थिक अनियमितताका शृँखलाबद्ध आरोपहरुका समुचित जवाफ दिन नसकेका वर्तमान उप-कुलपति सँग का.वि.वि.का शिक्षकहरुका बैठकका बेलामा शिक्षक बोरिस निरौलाले का.वि.वि.का बर्तमान कृयाकलापका विरद्ध आफ्ना भावनाहरु पोखेका थिए ।


सर्वशक्तिमान उप-कुलपतिको विरुध्द बोलेकै आधारमा करार सेवा रद्द गर्ने प्रकृयाले सुरेश राज शर्मा का.वि.वि. लाई राजा ज्ञानेन्दरको शैली अनुरुप हाँक्न चाहन्छन भन्ने स्पष्ट हुन गएको छ । सुरेश राज शर्माको यस मन्डले रुपलाई का.वि.वि. का कर्मठ शिक्षकहरुले उचित तवरले तहलाउनु पर्छ भन्ने हाम्रो मान्यता छ। अर्को तर्फ सुरेश राज शर्माका अप्राज्ञिक र अपवित्र कृयाकलापहरुलाई खुला रुपमा चुनौती दिने स्थायी प्राध्यापकहरुमाथि चाँही शर्मा प्रशासनले कुनै कार्यवाही गर्न सकेको छैन । आफ्ना भर्ष्टाचार र अार्थिक अनियमितताका पोका-पन्तुराहरु खोलिने डरले नै ती स्थायी शिक्षकहरुमाथि कार्यवाही गर्न नसकेको त होईन भन्ने शँका पनि वलियो हुँदै गईरहेको छ । साथै, काठमाडौँ विश्वविध्यालयबाट नातावाद र कृपावादको अन्त्य पछि मात्र लोकतान्त्रिक मूल्य र मान्यताहरु स्थापित हुन सक्नेछ। तसर्थ, काठमाडौँ विश्वविध्यालयको वर्तमान अवस्थालाई ध्यानमा राखदै वर्तमान लोकतानत्रिक सरकारबाट तुरुन्त छानविन गरियोस भन्ने जोडदार माग हामि गर्दछौँ ।

As an alumni from KU , I think it was high time people spoke their minds about VC and registrar and how they are treating the school as their own private institution (built from their pocket money).
I highly appreciate what Suresh Raj Sharma and Sita Ram Adhikari did in eastablishing KU and making what it is today. I know this credit goes to so many other people involved in the process. But that does not mean they can do whatever they want to. I wonder who is there to check on them. Suresh Raj Sharma appoints himself as VC (of course no one disapproves.), . If I'm wrong please explain.
I think by mismanaging KU, they are tarnishing their own reputation. there is no smoke without fire

Reforming KU is a noble cause, and there should not be any opposition. That is not the point.

But, infesting KU with political activism will be a dangerous trend difficult to revert. Once it starts to get out of control with politically charged agitation, NC, UML, and now CPN(M) will try to take control of the KU bodies (students, management, and the university system and the senate). This is the reality of our public education sector.


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I also heard that the cut off percentage for getting admission to Env. Sc. was lowered when Suresh Raj Sharma's daughter was being admitted.This shows that you don't need to study to do well if your dad is the VC. Rules have no value. If the head of the institution cannot keep up with rules then what do they expect of the product.
Seriously, I never felt like working hard or doing the best of by potential as long as I was there. I did ok but never motivated because there wasn't fair play going around. People scored 4.0 GPA simply because they were more "friendly" to the teachers than others!!! At least half the teachers practised favoritism. I know lot of students worked hard and scored well and I do not mean to undermine them nor the hard work put in by dedicated teachers but when there is lot of hanky panky going around you are bound to give it a thought.

looks like someone was paid to stick to this thread.

Well said AP98 jee

Now I have a feeling that someone is getting paid to spread the un necessary propaganda ko KU.

Paanko pat changed his name as Gurughantal and again Firefly..........
If you check sajha posting of these names they are opened just for this thread. They have no other sajha posting history before and to my surprise also no reply to any of other sajha posting too.

I know WHY THIS IS HAPPENING? I guess after 3 months the terms of current VC will be over and like those opportunist teachers .......... some obedient son / daughter of "So called Probable candidate of new VC / Registrar" is spreading false propaganda about current VC Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma.
You are saying you are KU's alumni and still you do not know how to respect VC of your own University (by calling names ) then what the hell did you learn in KU? I guess most of your time was wasted smoking weeds behind that bansghari.

I know SURENDRA RAJ KAFLE his trying to his last breath to get VC position of KU. I also know couple of CORRUPTED EDUCATIONIST have eagle's eye on 600 Million worth of KU's current resources.

These probable VC candidate are trying to give Volts to KUPA, the so called teacher's union.
I am telling ya.........after this VC selection time will be over (whoever will be VC) nobody is gonna give any damn to post these propagandas and nobody is reeally gonna think about KUPA. Its all GRAND DESIGN to make "the image of current VC go to hell project".
Again I dont really care from here in US whoever will be next VC but why the hell someone is so interested in " VC's image go down Project"?????????
Regarding KUPA........ Lets see salaray information here:

Experience means teaching experience......... salaray per month

Teaching Assistant (No experience , fresh) NRS 12000
Lecturer (MS plus 0 year experience) NRS 15000
Assitant Professor (MS plus 2-3 years experience) NRS 18500
Associate Professor (I donot know, you guess) NRS 25500 (I know aboiut this)
Professsor (again same) NRS 30000

Hell a alot .....ha???????? ....... stop stop ....... don't forget Dashain peski man....... that worth EXTRA 70% OF YOUR SALARAY

Do you see you have any more complain about job satisfaction..... at least salary wise?......which is first priority anyway...???????
I am telling ya......... all these teachers association....... KUPA....... all these are worthless......... just the birth of a handicapped child of current political scenario of or unlucky country........ sorry for you guys.........

Tit for tat, I can accuse you guys that you are paid to go against nepotism in KU. From information I shared asa common nepalii, there is too much nepotism in KU.

KUian,

Thanks for salary break down. I would appreciate if you break down the job responsibilities also. By this you have highlighted another anomaly in KU structure. I guess that everybody would agree if wages comply with working hours. KU is teaching university and people need to be paid for teaching students with dedication. This way teaching assistant should have been paid more.

Oh, my god, I forgot to mention that teaching assistant in KU is not a teaching assistant, he is a teacher but the post was created to satisfy the ego of sons of registrar when some faculties of same rank told him on face that they were no different from other teachers. Since the son of registrar is in habit of taking everything personally, he was offended by this remark also and then kept on badgering his all powerful dad Sitaram to create this artificial designation.

It again highlights how hapazardly KU has put the system upside down.
Whatever may be the case, if we are to believe in genesis of this "creation of teaching assistant" in KU official hierarchy, we can guess what a NEPOTISM is present in KU.

Family business have always gone down, it will ultimately go down. There are no bitter enemies than your own family. Once, brothers and sisters start their own family.

But, I still beleive that there is a politics in this thread. Someone is paid for the thread.

Dear Sabita Thapajee,
It appears that your request was heeded by KU bloggers especially this one “Additionally, I also humbly request PankoPat to post other competing views on his/her blog to give readers a balanced opinion. www.changeinku.blogspot.com."

Just now I visited this blogsite and I notice that there is this No-KUPA Statement. Whoever might be these bloggers, it is sure that they entertatin every one’s views. I wish Suresh Raj Sharma would have done the same thing. One thing I have never understood in my life so far what is that Fevicol that keeps Suresh Raj Sharma glued with Sitaram Adhikary. We can imagine that either of them only could have been VC or registrar for such along time but not the both. However, with every renewal of vice-chancellorship, which follows manipulations in Executive Committee and Senate and finally Ghurki, Dhamki and Dhak-Dhakku at the concerned ministery, registar is also retained.

If we focus on positive interpersonal relations only, we agree that Suresh Raj Sharma might count on Sitaram due to various reasons. He might have immense faith in Sitaram’s cunningness, manipulations, maneouvers and so on. Personally, such friendships must last for ever. However, in an institution, I think that this is fraught with dangers for the future of the institute. This kind of arrangement is likely to create void in the organizational structure and no leadership would ever emerge effectively. There have been many senior professors, who supported Suresh Raj Sharma and Sitaram Adhikary initially. However, there are now few left with them. And the ones who are left with them are there because they have no other skills except ingratiating themselves with Suresh Raj Sharma and Sitaram Adhikary. We can see that even amongst these boot likcers there are palpable frustrations. Some of them are nursing a grudge that Suresh Raj Sharma is not preparing future leaderships and some of them are heaping curse why Sitaram himself does not clear the path for their progress.

Regardless of these personal feelings of the bootlikcers of Suresh Raj Sharma and Sitaram Adhikary, it is true that Suresh Raj Sharma and Sitaram Adhikary have never promoted any one to assume the mantle of KU. These bootlickers might be thinking that one day they would also get the chance. However, they have forgotten how sinister Suresh Raj Sharma is. Suresh Raj Sharma generally promotes people not to prepare themselves for leadership of KU but for the leadership of the hordes of mandales, opportunists who would sing bhajans in his praise. He wants professors to compete among themselves and find out who is the best bhazan singer.

At the KU blogger’s website, we can see a joint statement from these bhazan mandali and what these bhazan mandali has claimed is no different from some of our friends.

However, today, I like to forward Pradhyapak jee’s article in www.changeinku.blogspot.com

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Suresh Raj Sharma and Mandale Vice-Chancellorism
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There seems to be some confusion amongst our freinds on Mr. Suresh Raj Sharma. They have even claimed that they need 100s of people like Suresh Raj Sharma. Whatever may be the case, the fact of the matter is that Suresh Raj Sharma is a mandale in the garb of academician. His round kick on the stomachs of the facutly members of KU and their families by sacking those faculty members make him a legitimate mandale even after the dawn of Lokatantra in Nepal.

Backstabbing a diligent worker of 9 years shows his ruthlessness which is akin to that of Kamal Thapa who managed to spray bullets on innocent protestors via ruthlesssness of Durja Kumar Rai and Madhav Thapa. And there are some subtle differences. Firstly, Kamal Thapa wants to perpetuate servitude of the King Gyanendra, but Suresh Raj Sharma wants to perpetuate his own servitude in Kathamndu University. Secondly, Kamal Thapa employs law and order and Maoist infiltration as excuses, and Suresh Raj Sharma employs so called visionary leadership as an excuse to attack diligent professors.

Friends may claim that these are exceptions, and these alone would not be sufficient. Then, friends must know that the Suresh Raj Sharma of Budhanilkanta High School was no different than Suresh Raj Sharma of Kathmandu University. Way back in 1980s, teachers of Budhanil Kantha Highschool were rendered jobless by Suresh Raj Sharma by labelling them as anti-national, and anti-monarch. Obviously, he was somewhat brazen as that time. And this could be influence of time. Because at that time Kamal Thapa too used to wield Khukuris to intimidate innocent students of TC brazenly. And, in 2063 both Kamal Thapa and Suresh Raj Sharma are so smooth that people generally get carried away by their glib talks.

We may say that these could also be fabricated story. Then, we need to look at how this man called Suresh Raj Sharma is operating. His modus operanding is no different from those of Kamal Thapa, Ramesh Nath Pandey and all other mandales. All these Mandales appreciates king Gyanendra because King Gyanendra provided them with bread and butter and made them powerful. Probity, equity, honesty and civil rights were never taken care of during their reigns because it was also not necessary. What was the most indispensible task in their reign was the perpetuation of King’s regime at the cost of the national harmony, prosperty, peace and democracy.

On the other hand, in Kathmandu University, Suresh Raj Sharma openly demands that all the teachers and other employees must praise him because everybody owes his/her salts’ worth to him. While saying so he has grossly undermined employees’ work for which they are paid and ability of these employees to find job somewhere else. He assumed that people are in KU because of him not because of their ability. How similar mandale mindset works, just compare.

Similarly, his sole purpose in his life is to nurture and continue his obsession with the post of vice chancellor. Therefore, he is ready to perpetuate his own servitude at the cost of academic harmony, prosperity, eqaulity and academic freedom in KU. Like those mandales who distributed money to the journalist to tilt the media in favour of the despotic royal regime, he is hiring all these incompetent relative so that they would always remain in favour of his vice chancellorship.

Apart from this, another mandale trait is also there. And this trait can be understood, if we try to understand what is “Mandale Nationalism.” No need to say, the mandale nationalism conceptualized by king Mahendra was full of contradictions. While raising nationalistic bogey in Nepal, he did not waste his time to sign the treaty of 1965 which compromised national integrity at the Indian hand. His propaganda machinery at that time labelled every democratic leader from B.P. Koirala to Pushpa Lal as anti-national and he tried to fool entire spectrum of Nepalese by presenting himself as the sole saviour of the nation. The saviour, who does not hesitate to kneel down before the big brother, while accusing all the opponents of the surrendering to India. This singular action of King Mahendra gave birth to Mandale nationalism and the sole purpose of this nationalism is definitely to perpetuate his reign in Nepal at any cost.

No body has understood it better than Suresh Raj Sharma because he emulated King Mahendra and perfected the art of mandale nationalism by giving birth to “Mandale Vice-Chancellorism” in Kathmandu University. Like King Mahendra’s mandale nationalism, his Mandale Vice-Chancellorism accuses every other professor of lacking in academic spirit while he himself is busy destroying the academic spirit of Kathmandu University by imposing rampant, widespread, top-down nepotism in KU.

He claims that all other professors are incompetent to be vice-chancellor of KU, while he employs only his incompetent relatives in KU so that his competency would never be challenged. He talks and brags about academic freedom and autnomy and he writes a lengthy article in newspapers advocating academic autonomy while he continues to intimidate, threaten and terminate every righteous voice in Kathmandu University who tries to practice the academic freedom and autonomy by forming their own professional association.

Ultimately, he claims that he is the saviour of academic excellence while he imposes his and, of course, Sitaram’s, incompetent daughters, nephews and sons, on self-financing students of KU. Like “Mandale nationalism,” the sole purpose of “Mandale Vice-Chancellorism” is to perpetuate his own reign while paying lip service only to all these stuffs like excellence, professionalism, academic spirit, academic freedom and autonomy. Every mandale saw boundless democracy in King Gyanendra’s rule and they questioned every saner voice who were fed up with the king’s rule and wanted it to go. “History repeats itself” people claim quite frequenly, but the time has come to see whether the fate of such Mandale history would be repeated in KU or not.

Dear Friends,
It looks that our efforts have not gone unnoticed. There is one relevant piepce in today's Kathmandu Post. For your convenience, I am giving both the link as well as the full text.

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http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=76993
University, union and intervention
By Babu Ram Neupane
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The universities are the emblem of national identity and international pride. Their preliminary role is to promote a global fraternity to be spread by a lettered citizenry. At the same time, they are accountable to the nation in which they are established and functioning along with creating credibility at the international level. Political stability is essential to the smooth functioning of any of these institutions in the absence of which anarchy grips the scholastic environment.

But overt political inclination of the related authority mars the very academic goals these institutions purport to serve. Moreover, the relevance of universities has increased by many folds given the homogeneity of human woes and heterogeneity of conflicts plaguing the world humanity. These universities by safeguarding and preserving their unique scholastic tenets are expected to reach out to the world with the well trained and disciplined manpower committed to upholding universal humanitarian values. If these expectations remain unfulfilled on their part, it could either be an inefficient leadership and a case of extreme political pressure exerted by the government among other reasons.

The first and foremost demand forwarded by Nepal University Teachers' Association (NUTA), Tribhuvan University Teachers' Association (TUTA) and the central committee of Tribhuvan University Employees Association was the immediate resignation of the Vice -Chancellor, Rector, Registrar and the Chairperson of the Service Commission of the Tribhuvan University (TU). They were all installed by the royal government and they have resigned giving in to the resistance. Mahendra Sanskrit University (MSU) could never remain an exception and the teachers and employees have been launching an agitation against the sitting senior officials appointed by the erstwhile royal government.
The Purbanchal University (PU), a regional one, has also witnessed similar protests and some of the office bearers have submitted their resignation. TU Part Time Teachers' Association (TUPTA) has been protesting demanding a permanent status to those who have served at least one academic session as a part- time teacher. The Kathmandu University (KU) has also come under sharp criticism for perpetrating nepotism, anti-intellectual collusion and an arbitrary administration.

Some teachers working under it raised serious issues regarding eroding academic culture in a series of letters published in The Kathmandu Post. They have demanded the government interfere with KU to liberate it from the clutches of dictatorial leadership which, they claimed, had established a working unity with the crumbling royal regime against the people's democratic movement.

There is no doubt that the universities should not be led by politically motivated people hell-bent on serving essentially individual ambitions. Still it should not be forgotten that a bad precedence of political appointments and intervention in this academic arena had been institutionalized by none other than those who cry foul over it now.

The Nepali Congress and CPN-UML did not leave any stone unturned to influence the education sector, including the universities. They made a mess of the recruitment policies of teachers and the administrative staff .Their ideological bias let a number of below average candidates in for the service.

A letter published in Kantipur (June 10) has pointed out that 23 percent of the permanent teachers in TU do not teach even one period as mentioned in a UNDP report. What could be more glaring example of sheer irresponsibility than this? Here another question arises as to why they remain unpunished. The answer is simple.
They are either the office bearers of NUTA and TUTA or they are "someone special" who cannot be forced into attending the classes by the campus chief. TU has launched many pretentious plans to tame the teachers .But impunity has risen than ever before. It has also something to do with TUTA and NUTA complicity. It is only the tip of the iceberg. There are a great many controversial issues involving these self-centric and so-called veteran educationists. This is also an underlying cause of the latest discontent and agitation of the part time teachers who get a meager amount of Rs 102 on a period basis.

Posted on: 2006-06-17 20:29:35 (Server Time)

Dear Friends,
There is one relevant piece in Today's The Kathmandu Post. For your information, I am pasting the link as well as the response.

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http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=77097
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Intervention
Source : http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=77097

This refers to "University, Union, and intervention" by Babu Ram Neupane (18 June). He has brought to the forefront two important issues that are plaguing our academia- politicization via university administrators and unionism of the faculty members. However, both these issues deal with the basic trait of a university - its autonomy. The very fact that universities are for creation, storage and propagation of knowledge implies that any university must function with full autonomy. Without autonomy, no student and faculty member would ever be able to shatter existing myths and bring new truths. The science of learning tells that we have to question every thing that is not well explained and well understood. This is possible only when full autonomy is granted to all the students and teachers.

However, because of our partisan mindsets, we are susceptible to advocate self-serving definitions of university autonomy. We can see that some of our University administrators, as exemplified by Dr. Suresh Raj Sharma, suggest that university autonomy means no-government control in the functioning of any university while he himself tries to control setting-up of Kathmandu University Professors' Association (KUPA).

Going by his own definition of university autonomy, he should have no right to oppose the KUPA. Moreover, he claims that the government cannot even intervene in the affairs of the university while he conveniently forgets that during exigency government can even jettison existing constitution.

The university administrators of his ilk opine that the overactive political affiliations of NUTA and TUTA have taken respective universities hostage and academic activities are severely affected. Though the buck has been passed to the unions of the teachers, the role of such administrators for vitiating the academic environment of the university has not gone unnoticed. University administrators, be it of Kathmandu University or Tribhuvan University, have never let any chance of running their hegemony in the university.

Though they represent the teaching fraternity, their actions have always been towards their own perpetuation. Their avarice to stick to power has forced them to resort to many non-academic activities like inviting the king and his henchmen in a university premise, openly ingratiating with the despotic royal regime, and dividing the teaching community into groups.

In exchange for their own perpetuation, they accept all kinds of governmental influences and do not hesitate to oblige the government by appointing incompetent faculty members, teachers, and administrative staffs. When they can do this just for pleasing the government, what they would do for their own benefits can be easily conjectured. There is no doubt that the university administrators are more responsible for the present mess in our academia. Had they implemented the university autonomy devoid of governmental influence in every aspect while maintaining the highest academic integrity, nobody would have ever asked for governmental intervention. When they are involved in gross nepotism and rampant corruption, it is natural that the government intervention is called for.

And when the government involves itself, the politicians in our government leave no chance to accrue undue benefits.

Therefore, if the administrators themselves are to exemplify the university autonomy by preventing unhealthy practices, even erring faculty members would be under moral obligation to mend their ways. Academic authorities can never accuse the faculty members of resorting to unionism and political activism unless they stop their own practices of politicking. Therefore, the issue has always been practicing university autonomy in true spirit, not in partisan way.

S B Shrestha
The University of Tokyo