Author: S V Badri
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*BRIEF BACKGROUND*
Samuel Rajasekhar is our Desi Uncle Sam(uel).
And his Bua Ka Ladka is Christopher. Samuel loves his nephew, Christopher.
Nothing wrong with that. He will go all out to help him. Nothing wrong with
that either. And each time, bending every rule in the book to help him. Everything
is wrong with that. This narration traces to what extent Desi Uncle Sam(uel)
goes to help Chris. And Chris gets what he wants in Desi Uncle Sam's regime
as Sam bends every conceivable rule to make his bua-ka-beta happy.
*Dr. M.D.CHRISTOPHER*
Christopher gets his *Bachelor's degree in
Veterinary Sciences (BVSc)*from the Veterinary College, Tirupati. He joins
as *Lecturer in Sri Venkateshwara Arts College*, Tirupati in the *Department
of DairyTechnology*. S V Arts College is an institution run on grants from
the TTD, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. S V Arts college offers graduate
courses like BSc, B.Com, B.A., etc. And is affiliated to the Sri Venkateshwara
University, which offers the Post Graduate courses and also churns out MPhils
and PhDs by the dozens. Therefore, being a graduate college, there are *no
**PROFESSORS* in S V Arts College. Only Heads of various Departments, each
one designated as Head of the Deapartment (HOD). This is usually by rotation
and not a permanent title to the individual Lecturer.
It is public knowledge that when Christopher
was made the warden of the S V Arts College Hostels, there were agitations
by the students to relieve him of the responsibility. He was so 'popular'
with the students that they did not even want him. He manages to serve the
institution for some 12 years and as luck would have it *Desi Uncle Sam becomes
the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh*. And poor little chris wants to become
poor little rich chris. He keeps nagging his Desi Uncle Sam for a post in
the Government that he had set his eyes on for too long. Desi Sam like the
Uncle Sam is benevolent to his faithful. Christopher's consistent nagging
pays off *and he gets the coveted post as the Secretary, APSCHE. And how?
*
*SECRETARY, APSCHE (Andhra Pradesh State Council
for Higher Education)*
Let us briefly examine the role of APSCHE.
This is a body constituted by the AP Government to oversee, control and regulate
Colleges and Universities of Higher Education in the State of AP. Here is
my brief description of the responsibilities and the powers of the APSCHE:
1. To inspect, verify and grant licenses for
Private Colleges of Higher Education (Engineering, Dental and Medical, for
instance). http://www.apsche.org/resources.asp
2. To grant permission to initiate new discipline
in any college of Higher Education
http://www.apsche.org/resources.asp - see
MSc BioTechnology - a new discipline guideline
3. To monitor vacancy positions, sanction
new posts, to grant permission and to fill in need-based vacancies in any
college of Higher Education giving it a deadly handle on the roster system
for a complete impact of its functions: http://www.apsche.org/aboutus.asp
4. All the Universities in the State imparting
Higher Education come under the control of the APSCHE. There are 24 Universities
in the State. http://www.apsche.org/universities.asp
5. Has a major say even in the Appointments
of Vice Chancellors to the Universities in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
6. The Vice Chancellors Conference is headed
by the Chairman and the Secretary of APSCHE. The Secretary exerts great influence
on the review of the monitary status of each University, the academics of
the various departments of these Universities and only after the consent of
the APSCHE the concerned University can start a new discipline of study.
7. The Secretary acts as the key personnel
between the government and various Universities in the State.
The Chairman of APSCHE is only an Ex-Officio
and a figure head of the body, while it is the Secretary who is all important
official who has such sweeping powers vested with him that if a Joint Inspection
committee set up by the body after careful field assessment submits an adverse
report on a new college project, the Secretary can Veto the Joint Inspection
committee's findings and issue the required permissions. Alternatively, the
Secretary has the right to confine this committee's report to trash and form
a new Joint Inspection Committee in place of the one which gave an adverse
report and can get things done the way he wants. In short, it is in the hands
of the Secretary that the fate of the entire Higher Education in Andhra Pradesh
lies.
*WAS SAMUEL'S- BUA- KA -BETA -CHRISTOPHER
QUALIFIED TO GET THE JOB?*
As per the Government rules in existence at
that point of time Chris was not qualified to be the Secretary of APSCHE.
However, he started pressing Samuel hard for the post. The Secretary of APSCHE
should be a Professor with impeccable educational credentials. (Chris is NOT
a professor, but only a lecturer in a Degree College). He had no experience
of teaching Post Graduate students, as he was just a lecturer in S V Arts
college which offered only graduate courses. Naturally, he had no experience
of being a guide to research scholars. Nether did he obtain a Phd in his career
to advance his academic growth. In short, he was far too short of the requirements
to occupy the seat of the Secretary of APSCHE. Yet, he set his greedy eyes
on the post. And like a child, kept nagging his Uncle Sam. And what did Sam
do to please this Bua-Ka-Beta?
*He just went about bending all the rules
in existence to please Chritopher. *
*DESI UNCLE SAM'S LARGESSE*
Just two months into power, Samuel did something
that would make even Karunanidhi look like a kindergarten back-bencher in
nepotism.
*1. He "directed" the then Vice
Chancellor of Sri Venkateshwara University, one Jayarama Reddy to confer a
PhD to his nephew, It would surprise the reader that Christopher was awarded
PhD in Dairy Technology or some such thing, while the University itself does
not have a Department of Dairy Technology. *
*2. The VC hands over the PhD to Christopher,
despite the fact that he is NOT a Post-Graduate.*
*3. The VC is told to use "Career Advancement
Scheme" and having obtained the PhD, Christopher "attends"
an interview under the "Career Advancement Scheme" and comes out
with "flying colours". *
*4. Based on this the S V University makes
him a "Reader" in S V Arts College, where hitherto no such post
existed because it is only a collage churning out BScs and BComs etc.,*
*5. Having prepared the ground for the great
annointment, the christist government of Samuel makes a Special G.O. that
dilutes the pre-requisite-qualification for the candidature of Secretary,
APSCHE. What used to be the exclusive domain of distinguished academics is
compromised. The G.O. now allows the council to consider even candidates from
the cadre of "Readers" for appointment to the post of Secretary,
APSCHE. Rather coincidental, I say.*
It is still a matter of great mystery, as
mysterious as the mythical Jesus, in Educational circles in Andhra Pradesh
how a graduate can get a PhD without doing his Post Graduation. And his doctoral
subject and thesis (if there was one) is a point of curious debate in the
corridors of various Universities in the State of Andhra Pradesh.
*Perhaps. the truth about the presence or
absence of a doctoral thesis submitted by Christopher, lies somewhere between
the Old and the New Testaments. *
In a matter of days after Samule's assumption
of the Gaddi of the CM of AP, Chris gets his doctorate, is made a "Reader",
the Government passes a G.O. devaluing the criteria for appointment of candidates
for the post of Secretary, APSCHE. And Litle Christopher is anointed the Secretary,
APSCHE. He is then sent on deputation by the Government of Andhra Pradesh
to be the Secretary of APSCHE, Hyderabad from S V Arts College, Tirupati.
Take a look at this, the Chairman and the
two Vice Chairmen are Professors, while Christopher is a non-Professor:
http://www.apsche.org/contactus.asp
Under 6 months of Samuel's anointment to the
throne of Andhra Pradesh, the Bua-ka-Beta is anointed the Secretary, APSCHE.
The christists are great educationists, indeed.
There are so many such lessons to learn from them.
That is the level the christists can go to
gain control of the Higher Education System in the State.
The pity is that each one of the 24 Vice Chancellors
are better qualified and certainly more experienced than Christopher. And
they have to listen with bated breaths, each word he utters during the VC
Conference. And it is also widely talked about that these days the office
of the Vice Chancellor often goes to the highest bidder.
*TAILPIECE:*
**
*Locals talk with distaste that this christist Christopher and his dutiful
wife used to bring raw meat to the TTD run Institution, Sri Venkateshwara
Arts College, during his around 12 year stint as Lecturer in the Dept of Dairy
Technology, and prepare a feast for themselves using the oven in the Dairy
Technology laboratory. *
**
*That's a classic example of christist's genetic and pathological hatred for
anything that is Hindu.*
Namaste,
S V Badri
Chennai
