Nearly two years after the enactment of a law that guarantees their salaries and service conditions, the employees of several self-financing engineering colleges in Kerala continue to face an uphill battle for their emoluments.
Prodded by court orders and numerous complaints, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) has initiated a scrutiny of erring colleges that have failed to comply with such norms laid down by AICTE, University Grants Commission and itself.
An order recently issued by the university cites complaints received by the former faculties of Gurudeva Institute of Science and Technology, Kottayam; Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur; Mar Baselios Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Peermade; IES College of Engineering, Thrissur; John Cox Memorial C.S.I. Institute of Technology, Thiruvananthapuram; and Musaliar College of Engineering and Technology, Pathanamthitta.
