Bhuta Initiatives and Achievements

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• Suggested the creation of water ponds to deter elephants and cheetahs from entering herbal garden and other hillside areas of BU.
• Suggested to repair the compound wall and installing speed breakers near all the departments as safety measures.
• In the year 2023, the renewal of BHUTA was initiated. 36 years of external audits are completed and the files are submitted to the Inspector General of Registration, Chennai.
• Constituted a Bylaw amendment committee to review the existing bylaws of BHUTA established in 1986 and to carry out amendments.
• SDE faculty names have been included in the website and academic calendar in the Roll of Faculty and request was made for their guide approval.
• Initiated the formation of a committee for preparing the seniority list of faculty members in October 2022.
• Insisted the administration to follow strict seniority in additional in charges post which was placed in recent syndicate and approved.
• Insisting the administration to fill the Syndicate vacancy under Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, as University representation.
• Urged the university administration to initiate the process to make regular appointment of Registrar, COE, Director SDE, HRDC, PRO, Dean CDC, UE etc.
• Continuous requests to the administration to give the CAS arrears to all the eligible faculty members, who got their promotion orders in the year 2022.
• Urged the administration to call for CAS every year regularly in order to avoid the delays in promotion and arrear settlement.
• Continuously insisting the administration to clear all the audit objections related to past service, refresher course and others.
• Repeatedly insisting the administration to introduce headship rotation in the university departments.
• Retirement function was organized with lunch to all the BHUTA members on 26.04.24.
• Requested the administration to speed up the file processing in various sections which is submitted for approval/permission from the authorities.
• Suggested to appoint Faculty in charges in important Admn.sections such as Establishment, Finance, C & G to manage workload and avoid delays in file processing.
• Urged the administration to make fresh appointment for the post of Audit coordinator in the University.
• The faculty grievances in Human genetics, Maths department and the 12th plan faculty were represented to the administration.
• With the sponsorship, sweets were gifted to all BHUTA members on occasion of Deepavali 2023.
• With the sponsorship of Bank of India, diaries were gifted to all faculty for New Year 2024.
• Steps were taken to fill the vacant quarters for the eligible staff members.
• Helped two retired professors to get their retirement benefits.
• Steps are taken to issue the retirement benefits to Dr. Uma, who served as Asst. Librarian in the University.
• Represented to maintain cleanliness of the washrooms in all the departments.
• Taken efforts to inaugurate the newly constructed academic buildings and to shift the departments to the new buildings at the earliest.
• Space committee is constituted by the administration to resolve the space constraints among the faculty in the department.
• On account of Teachers day 2024, personalised key chain and pen were gifted to all the members.
• Insisted the administration to adhere to the rate contract for the purchase of chemicals for research.
• Planned to submit a proposal to the administration to allot special syndicate membership to BHUTA president and Senate membership to BHUTA Secretary as in other Universities like Madras University.
• With the help of administration, removed the Acacia plants in the premises of SDE and nearby areas.
• Groceries and vegetables for two days were given to the people of leprosy colony people in Marudhamalai adivaram by BHUTA.
• Provided essential supplies to the people affected by GAJA cyclone in 2018.
• BHUTA played a vital role in the food committee of the vice-chancellor’s conference held at Bharathiar University.
• Taken steps to fix the Principal ages in the affiliated colleges.
• Insisted the administration to comply with UGC regulations and the High Court verdict in the appointment and permissible tenure of Principal in SF colleges.
• Taken steps to provide the vehicle pass for all faculty members.
• BHUTA has given representation during the NAAC committee visit in 2023.
• A cancer awareness program was conducted by GEM hospital in association with BHUTA.
• Associated with GEM hospital in Coimbatore Women’s marathon 2024, and provided free registration, T-shirts and dinner for around 150 participants from university.
• A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by BHUTA and GEM hospital to create cancer awareness and to provide free cancer treatment to students and faculty members.
• Has supported two non-teaching women staff members affected by cancer.
• Sixteen new faculty members from Bharathiar University PG Extension Center and School of Distance Education are enrolled as members of BHUTA.
• Staged a protest to achieve the common goals of the university.
• Taken steps for the appointment of two syndicate members at the level of Associate professor and Assistant professor and the same was done by the VC in October 2022.
• Given representation to appoint the Chief Warden and Hostel wardens as per the University norms.
• Insisted the administration to resolve the pay fixation and increment related issues faced by the Faculty members.
• Insisted the administration to comply with UGC regulations and the High Court verdict in the appointment and permissible tenure of Principal in self-financing colleges.
• BHUTA always strives to work for the welfare of the faculty members of Bharathiar University.