Official works at Rampur-based Agriculture and Forestry University affected without workforce

Kathmandu - Narayan Adhikari Official works at the Rampur-based Agriculture and Forestry University have been affected in lack of human resources. The university has vacant posts of the Vice Chancellor (for the past one year), register, dean, director and chair of the service commission. Dr Sharada Thapaliya is looking after official responsibility of VC until the appointment for the same is made.

The university fails to call the university assembly without university register, who is the member secretary of the assembly. As a result, budget approval and expenditure endorsement for the last fiscal year 2019/20 is yet to be done. Generally, the assembly is organised in the first week of the Nepali month of Bhadra.

Of Rs 690 million released in the FY, 2019/20, Rs 500 million is expected to have spent on operating the university, said Dr Thapaliya, adding that the university has asked for Rs 3 billion for the construction of physical infrastructure. Important works have been halted as a result of lack of workforce, she said. The post of a register has been vacant since January 26 while posts of deans of two faculties remained unfulfilled since May 14 and chairperson of the service commission since July 20. Tenure of deans of other faculties and a director are expiring in the Nepali month of Poush (December-January).