St Stephen’s breached norms for hiring professors: DU panel

A Delhi University (DU) committee has found that St Stephen’s College violated the university’s prescribed criteria for shortlisting candidates for assistant professor interviews, allegedly calling more applicants against what is permitted, people aware of the matter said on Sunday.

The five-member panel, headed by professor Inder Mohan Kapahy, examined the college’s recruitment process and concluded that it had breached the university’s revised 2024 standard operating procedure (SOP), according to a report, accessed by HT.

A notice on the college’s website stated that 70 candidates would be shortlisted for each unreserved vacancy for the post of assistant professor,” the report said. The committee concluded that the college had made appointments in violation of the shortlisting criteria approved by DU’s statutory bodies, allegedly to accommodate candidates who would otherwise have been ineligible for consideration by the selection committee.

Queries sent to DU and St Stephen’s principal did not elicit a response.