It is heartening to read that ultimately the veterinary students or junior veterinarians (as they have completed all course formalities) have been successful in conveying their demand to MP Government of scrapping cut of marks(76% and above) for recruiting state vet asstt surgeons under general quota. This agitation was joined and supported by the MP branch of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parisad where shri Upendra Dhakad played an active role .
The main grudge of these students was that while MP students receive comparatively less marks in their professional examinations , they are distributed liberally in private veterinary colleges in other states . Another complain is that many states restrict entry only for their domicile candidates whereas MP government is allowing all candidates from all the states,thereby keeping them in less advantageous position. As now their demand has been accepted, the MP Pashuchikitsha Chatra Sangh will undergo in dormant state. And this is happening since more than fifty years. I may cite three examples with which I have been deeply associated to explain my thinking .
1. MP VETERINARY ASSOCIATION : This was formed by the VAS , when both college and field veterinarians were transferable among respective posts . I remember that this association was revived some time in 1970 with formation of executives both from college and field; it was considered desirable to have college staff as they can speak more promptly , being not employees of Vety Director. Dr Shukla was made Treasurer and a semi technical journal was also launched . Good collection was made and it was fixed at Allahabad Bank,Civil lines, Jabalpur (there is no one to look after FD). Later the activities were diminished and became negligible with the death of Dr Shukla .
2 TECHNICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION or TSA. When Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya came in existence in 1964 and different service conditions, pay scales, qualifications were framed for the teachers of the Agriculture University, this teachers association by name of TSA came in existence , some time in 1968 or so.The boost to TSA activities was given by the fact that below to Assistant Professors, there was a category of Senior Research Assistants which as per JNKVV statutes were teachers. Dr PG Najpande gathered this group and agitated including hunger strikes that these SRA should also get pay scale of Assistant Professor- the minimum cadre of teachers in any university , in other words, both SRA and Asstt Professors have to be merged- TSA was successful in forcing JNKVV to implement minimum pay of teachers to these SRA also (Rs 700-1600). This was perhaps biggest achievement of TSA. However, Dr Najpande was suspended by one vice-chancellor and terminated , without authority by another vice chancellor (though his services were restored by the orders of MP High Court).No doubt with his retirement the TSA became defunct.
3.JVC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION :There were attempts to start old boys associations at various times in the history of JVC. When it was celebrating its golden jubilee in Feb 1999 ( which actually should havebeen celebrated in 1998) a fresh attempt was made to erect the association. On 18th Feb 1999, Jabalpur Veterinary College Alumni Association (JVCAA) was born by electing Prof AM Shrivastava ,former prof and head of Anatomy and me ( ICAR national fellow of Parasitology) as general secretary with liberty to selection our team as per choice. One thing was firmly determined that we will do all such acts so that JVCAA should not met alike fates and should continue to work for alumni of this college. Among many things the executives worked relentlessly were :frame rules and regulations , formation of emblem ( Mratyo maa amratgamaya ), publishing ,two times, directories of the alumni, starting prizes for games to the students, launching gold medals for outstanding students and publishing JVC Alumni Association news letters quarterly and distributing free of cost to the alumni even outside Jabalpur. Two other important contributions of this association have been to celebrate 8th July, each year as college foundation day (happily Mhow Vety College has followed the same) and another was agitation for establishing a Veterinary University in Madhya Pradesh , with its head quarters at Jabalpur.
As all of us know that all these three associations are dormant and there is no one to incarcerate them from the ashes. If we give a deeper thought to all these events , it emerges that a general mass come together when apparently some common injustice is done by the administrator. This led to emergence of a general leader or activist who is self determined, does not care for personal harms and identify a few who can follow his dictates. Since our leader is strong , he is able to achieve the goal in participation of the mass in the agitation.
It is a bitter fact that many Heads of the institutions do not reach to their top position on merit basis hence they start harming this leader by framing different charges and this is helped by some sycophants. Soon, the associations are captured by the sycophants whose only job is to dismantle such associations which opposes our administrators. Slowly, the associations went in hibernation and there remains no one to fight for just causes.
There are many left out problems which support my view point. For instance Veterinary teachers are not getting any NPA in MP, No one will apply for ICAR National fellow as neither JNKVV considers him his employee nor ICAR accepts him on deputation, no specialized posts are created in the field, alumni association is without office and JVCAA news letters are taken up by college administrators , publishing lot of photographs leading publishing cost of the news letter upto Rs 10,000 per issue ( it was started without any photo of any one and costing only Rs 500-1000 per issue).
The situation may change provided all the stakeholders take a serious note on the issue. It is of prime importance that our head of the institutions understand that these associations help them to show genuine problems and provide a chance to rectify them for betterment of the institution. The leaders of these associations should have aim of working against social evils, strong enough to withstand problems and should not be materialistic.
However, it is becoming more difficult now a days as I have heard there are many other considerations including financial ones of selecting the administrators whose main purpose is of running the institution smoothly , without problems- doesn't matter what professional achievements are made by the institution.
As all of us know that all these three associations are dormant and there is no one to incarcerate them from the ashes. If we give a deeper thought to all these events , it emerges that a general mass come together when apparently some common injustice is done by the administrator. This led to emergence of a general leader or activist who is self determined, does not care for personal harms and identify a few who can follow his dictates. Since our leader is strong , he is able to achieve the goal in participation of the mass in the agitation.
It is a bitter fact that many Heads of the institutions do not reach to their top position on merit basis hence they start harming this leader by framing different charges and this is helped by some sycophants. Soon, the associations are captured by the sycophants whose only job is to dismantle such associations which opposes our administrators. Slowly, the associations went in hibernation and there remains no one to fight for just causes.
There are many left out problems which support my view point. For instance Veterinary teachers are not getting any NPA in MP, No one will apply for ICAR National fellow as neither JNKVV considers him his employee nor ICAR accepts him on deputation, no specialized posts are created in the field, alumni association is without office and JVCAA news letters are taken up by college administrators , publishing lot of photographs leading publishing cost of the news letter upto Rs 10,000 per issue ( it was started without any photo of any one and costing only Rs 500-1000 per issue).
The situation may change provided all the stakeholders take a serious note on the issue. It is of prime importance that our head of the institutions understand that these associations help them to show genuine problems and provide a chance to rectify them for betterment of the institution. The leaders of these associations should have aim of working against social evils, strong enough to withstand problems and should not be materialistic.
However, it is becoming more difficult now a days as I have heard there are many other considerations including financial ones of selecting the administrators whose main purpose is of running the institution smoothly , without problems- doesn't matter what professional achievements are made by the institution.
