DUTA Letter to Prof. D. P. Singh, The Chairman, University Grants Commission: 13.11.2018

                                                                                                                                   Date: Nov 13, 2018
Prof. D. P. Singh,
The Chairman,
University Grants Commission,
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi – 110001

Sub:   Payment of Revised Honorarium to Guest Teachers in Universities and Colleges

Dear Prof D.P. Singh,

As you are aware, every year universities and colleges hire guest lecturers for short durations to cover the workload that does not justify appointment of full time teachers and/or for teaching in specialised subject areas. Many professional courses depend on teaching in this mode.

At present, the remuneration for a guest lecturer is Rs. 1000 per lecture (as per the 6th Pay Revision) with a maximum limit of Rs.25,000/- per month from a University . We wish to draw your attention to the fact that under the 7th Pay Revision this remuneration has not been revised as yet (as part of 2 Nov 2018 MHRD Notification and/or the 18 July 2018 UGC Regulations). This is a serious omission. Even the Report of the UGC Pay Review Committee Constituted for Pay Revision of the Academic Staff of Universities and Colleges had recommended revision of the remuneration. The revision is necessary so that institutions can retain services of talented teachers/professionals and are able to maintain teaching standards.

We suggest that the remuneration should be revised at least to 2500/- per lecture maximum upto 65000/- per month. This will also be commensurate to the 2.57 fitment factor given to incumbent employees in the revised pay revision.

We once again appeal to you to revise the honorarium payable to guest lecturers at the earliest to bring it at par with the rising cost of living and revised salaries of teachers.
Yours sincerely,