PATNA, March 20 -- The 'draft statute for the appointment of assistant professors', which has come mid-way through the ongoing controversial process on since 2020, continues to evoke sharp reactions from the aspirants as well as experts over apprehension of more room for arbitrariness and disputes.

JD(U) MLC Sanjiv Kumar Singh, in a letter to the secretariat of new Bihar Governor Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain, who was himself Chancellor of Central University of Kashmir, has written that when UGC-CSIR/NET already shortlisted candidates exclusively for Assistant Professors through a written test conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) at the national level on the yardsticks laid down by the UGC, there was no point holding another st...