Standoff between V-C and Syndicate leaves KTU staff without salary

No pay since July • About 140 contract staff and 100 permanent employees at the university campus in Sreekaryam have been working without pay since July, according to senior officers •They also revealed that nearly 40 pensioners have not received their payments over the past two months

- ASWIN ASOK KUMAR @T'Puram

WHILE the tussle between the governor-appointed vice-chancellor and the syndicate members dragging on, the payslips of the academic and administrative staff of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) have been blank since July.

"We started four new postgraduate schools near the university's office in Thiruvananthapuram recently, where even the teachers remain unsalaried," a senior KTU officer told TNIE. Many people from distant places working on the university campus, including cleaning staff and drivers, are struggling to survive this Onam season, said another officer.