Indore: DAVV PhD Interviews For Yoga Conducted Without Notice, Candidate Files Complaint

A row has emerged at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) after PhD Research Advisory Committee (RAC) interviews for the Yoga subject were conducted without proper notification. A lady PhD candidate, Sonali Atmane, filed a complaint after learning the interviews had already taken place in secrecy. The interviews were conducted without proper intimation to all eligible candidates, disenfranchising some hopefuls. In-charge PhD cell Prof. Ashesh Tiwari has called upon the School of Yoga head to explain.

The interviews on February 18 were conducted without proper intimation to all the candidates eligible, thereby disenfranchising some hopefuls, among them Atmane, who could not show up. In-charge PhD cell Prof. Ashesh Tiwari has since called upon the School of Yoga head to explain. 

Candidates kept in the dark

DAVV PhD admissions commenced in January, and thereafter, the university directed departments to issue RAC notices and arrange interviews between 5th to 28th February. While most departments took it up in that manner, there was no formal announcement regarding Yoga subject interviews. Atmane went to the university on February 17 to find out the procedure but was advised to check the website.

But by February 22, she found out that the interviews were already over and results announced, and thus she complained. The Yoga department has a total of 8 PhD seats, for which 18 candidates were shortlisted upon scrutiny. But because of the lack of notification, only 12 candidates attended the interview.