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Formulation of the statutes of the University in the stipulated time
As per the provisions of the
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998, the new
statutes were drafted by the Vice Chancellor's office in a record
period of three months. The draft was submitted to the Hon'ble
Chancellor's office for his assent. The government in the law and the
judiciary departments examined various statutes of the University
thoroughly and with minor changes proposed and recommended to the
Hon’ble Chancellor’s to accord the assent. For framing the
Statutes a Committee consisting of senior academicians MAFSU,
agricultural universities, and administrators from the Government
Development Departments like Law and Judiciary.
The University Statutes is an important
document, since the detailed delineation of the authorities,
policies, procedures and practices are set out in the Statutes. These
are pre-requisites for good governance and provide due autonomy for
effective, efficient management of man, money and material. Framing
and implementing the Statutes was by far the most significant factor
that provided momentum to the University functioning.
The task force held several
brainstorming sessions and visited all the constituent colleges to
get inputs from various strata. It is satisfying to mention that the
University completed this exercise within the stipulated time,
provided in the Act, and the draft statues consisting of 178 statutes
were placed before the Executive Council, which approved the draft
with minor suggestions. The amended draft was then submitted to
Hon'ble Chancellor for favor of assent.
The Statutes of the University are forward-looking in
many respects. Total fifty-five Statutes are innovative and original.
The Statute 60 relates to evaluation of candidates being considered for
an academic post, which contains an innovative scheme for awarding
maximum 60% for past performance. The remaining 40% is for
performance in interview, which is based on lecture presentation on
work done and vision for future plan. Thus, the selection of a
faculty is ensured on objective evaluation of merit and performance. The Statute 51 stipulates that the persons occupying higher posts like
Deans, Director, Registrar, Heads of the Departments are subjected
to periodical review of their performance and hence it provides for
appointment on these posts for a tenure period of 3 years. Their
reappointment is subject to assessment of their performance by the
Selection Committee. The
Statute 150 defines the financial competency of the University in
categorical terms, and clearly delineate the University finance
functioning vis a vis state government. The Statute 169 provides for facility of sabbatical leave to academic
staff.
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Dr. A.T. Sherikar's Achievements the First Vice Chancellor, MAFSU
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