GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 912
TO BE ANSWERED ON 07-02-2018
RECRUITMENT BY C-DAC
- DR. SHASHI THAROOR:
Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware that nine students were recruited by C-DAC in the end of 2016 as ‘technical officers’, through the process of campus placements and months later were informed that the C-DAC was unable to provide them the same post owing to administrative difficulties;
(b) if so, the reasons therefor and the action taken by the Government to address their grievances;
(c) whether C-DAC will provide compensation for the loss suffered by the students;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons for the same?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): Due to administrative reasons the post offered during campus recruitment could not be offered. However, the position of “Knowledge Associate” has been offered to them and out of 9 students, 8 have accepted the alternate offer and joined C-DAC.
(c) to (e): Since the alternate offer has been issued, which is accepted by 8 out of 9 students, no compensation is due.
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Relevance/Significance
Students were recruited by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) through campus placement in November, 2016 for the post of “technical officer” with a salary of 11 Lakhs per annum for a period of 5 years, subject to continuation of the contract till superannuation, receiving letters of provisional selection. However, after graduation, they were informed that they could not be provided the jobs that they were recruited for. Instead they were offered the post of "Knowledge Associate" with a salary of Rs 50,000 per month for a period of one year. The term of employment would not be extended beyond the completion of one year.
The Minister has merely cited administrative reasons as the cause and said that because they have been given positions as Knowledge Associates, no compensation will be provided (despite the difference in what they were promised), which reflects poorly on the recruitment policies of the Government.
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