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DU recruits 3 law professors ignoring 'better' candidates

HASAN JAHID TUSHER
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have appointed three professors at its Law Department allegedly on political considerations and depriving two aspirants with better academic and professional tracks.
A six-member selection committee headed by DU Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz on Monday finalised the recruitment approved by the DU Syndicate on Wednesday, sources said.
According to them, the university has never appointed so many professors for a department at one time. According to the DU standard, in every 10 teachers of a department there should be one professor, three associate professors, four assistant professors and two lecturers. But the teaching staff of the law department is now composed of 10 professors, only one associate professor, eight assistant professors and four lecturers.
One of the search body members dissented from the selection, noting the criteria of academic qualifications and teaching experience were overlooked in the recruitment process.
It was alleged one of the candidates was ignored because he had voted against an influential pro-BNP teacher of the department in a dean election in the 1990's.
The committee overlooked Mohammad Abdur Rouf with four first classes, four articles and a 26-year teaching experience in the DU Law Department. Prof Mohammed Shah Alam of Chittagong University (CU), member of Bangladesh Law Commission, founder dean of the
CU law faculty, having four first classes, a PhD degree, 24 publications including three books and a 23-year teaching experience, was also ignored.
In comparison, Liaquat Ali Siddiqui, one of the three new appointees, has three first classes, two LLM degrees, 18 articles and a 19-year teaching experience and one-year track of judicial service. Of the rest, Dr Naima Huq has two first classes, a PhD degree, nine publications and a 19-year teaching experience and Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam three first classes, a PhD degree, 11 publications and a 14-year teaching track.
Of them, Dr Nazrul Islam has been appointed a professor only 16 months after being made an associate professor at the same department on February 24, 2004. Talking to The Daily Star two teachers of the department termed the rapid promotion a gross violation of the university's rules.
"Six of the seven posts of professors advertised for recruitment had been created to appoint people on political consideration," one of the two alleged on condition of anonymity.
VC Prof Faiz however said it is not correct that candidates with better qualifications have been ignored.
Brushing aside the allegation of political consideration in the selection process, he said the committee chose the best candidates unanimously and in consultation with local and foreign law experts.
"We definitely have selected the best applicants," the VC claimed.