There
are four members in the economics faculty of Khaira College near
Balasore in Odisha. Two of them get salaries of over Rs 1 lakh, one gets
around Rs 45,000 and the fourth just Rs 11,139. All of them take 30 to
33 lectures a month.
Although a UGC-recognized college, only the two top-earners get UGC prescribed pay scales. One is getting the state scale, and the lowest earning lecturer is under a contract covered by a 'block grant'. In many other Odisha colleges, there are lecturers working for as little as Rs 5,000 per month, says Pravas Chandra Mohapatra, a professor at Khaira.
Although a UGC-recognized college, only the two top-earners get UGC prescribed pay scales. One is getting the state scale, and the lowest earning lecturer is under a contract covered by a 'block grant'. In many other Odisha colleges, there are lecturers working for as little as Rs 5,000 per month, says Pravas Chandra Mohapatra, a professor at Khaira.
