Centre orders six-year cap on tenure of scientists working on research projects at AIIMS
G.S Mudur | 31 July 2023 | The Telegraph
The Union health ministry has imposed a six-year cap on the tenure of scientists working on research projects at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, angering faculty and scientists who say the order will wreck projects and careers.
Sections of faculty have described the ministry’s directive, which says project scientists and staff “should not be allowed to continue or (be) hired beyond six years of cumulative engagement”, as an autocratic order that signals the ministry’s attempt to micromanage how AIIMS conducts research.