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Stall promotions of associate professors in Telangana's govt medical colleges, says doctors
The promotion of 278 associate professors in Telangana medical colleges faces delays
HYDERABAD: The long-awaited promotion of 278 associate professors in Telangana's govt medical colleges has hit a roadblock amid growing pressure from various doctors' associations.
Each group is lobbying for a different set of priorities, stalling the process and creating administrative deadlock. The promotions, meant to elevate associate professors to full professors and address critical
faculty shortages
, have become entangled in competing demands over urban postings and transfer policies.
While many associate professors are insisting on being posted to city hospitals upon promotion, some doctors' unions argue that existing professors currently serving in rural areas should be given priority to move to urban centres first.
Only then, they claim, can the actual vacancy situation be assessed to guide fresh postings.
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Govt-affiliated doctors' associations contend that this realignment would not negatively affect the career paths of either senior or junior faculty. They argue it is essential for rational deployment and quality improvement in medical education.
In a recent meeting with director of medical education (DME) Dr A Narendra Kumar, a group of around 100 doctors urged the immediate transfer of faculty who have been serving at the same institution for years. They also demanded better incentives for those teaching at peripheral colleges. Doctors' groups claim that urban postings are being sidelined in the current promotion considerations. Tensions have also risen over concerns that the promotion process may be deliberately delayed.
Some doctors allege attempts to block associate professors' advancement, while others believe the process is merely being calibrated to ensure fairness across the board.
The govt, however, maintains that Gandhi and Osmania colleges already meet National Medical Council faculty norms, while doctors' associations report 107 vacancies in Greater Hyderabad and 240 in rural areas. They are pushing for the transfer of about 70 professors who have served in district hospitals for years before promotions are processed. In a letter to DME, the teaching hospital associations demanded that
associate professor promotions
be held off until this realignment is completed.
