In a developed country, a college has just one Professor. All others are Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, or others. Our country has a trick. It is to offer honor and prestige, so that people feel good. Then they work well, and do not create trouble(s).
One of the things they did in this connection was to call Lecturers as Assistant Professors. Another thing they did was to create a lot of posts of Professors in medical and allied subjects. So a lot of people felt good. A few years later, they decided to increase the retirement age from 58 to 62. Suddenly Associate Professors realized that their seniors would retire 4 years later, and their own promotions would be delayed by 4 years. They resisted. They brought about political pressure to stall this move. They probably wanted the seniors to retire first, and then have this change implemented, so that they would become professors earlier and enjoy that position for 4 more years. Finally the civic body upgraded their posts to Additional Professors, and increased their salaries to those of Professors. Now there are so many professors around, that one wonders if there are any junior cadres.
Now with the next revolt, they should upgrade the following posts as shown in the right hand column. This based on the positions of Deans in Engineering Colleges, like Dean if Student Affairs, Dean of This and Dean if That :-).
One of the things they did in this connection was to call Lecturers as Assistant Professors. Another thing they did was to create a lot of posts of Professors in medical and allied subjects. So a lot of people felt good. A few years later, they decided to increase the retirement age from 58 to 62. Suddenly Associate Professors realized that their seniors would retire 4 years later, and their own promotions would be delayed by 4 years. They resisted. They brought about political pressure to stall this move. They probably wanted the seniors to retire first, and then have this change implemented, so that they would become professors earlier and enjoy that position for 4 more years. Finally the civic body upgraded their posts to Additional Professors, and increased their salaries to those of Professors. Now there are so many professors around, that one wonders if there are any junior cadres.
Now with the next revolt, they should upgrade the following posts as shown in the right hand column. This based on the positions of Deans in Engineering Colleges, like Dean if Student Affairs, Dean of This and Dean if That :-).
Professor
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Dean in Waiting
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Additional Professor
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Additional Dean in Waiting
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Assistant Professor
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Assistant Dean in Waiting
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Senior Resident
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Senior Professor in Waiting
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Junior Resident
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Junior Professor in Waiting
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Intern
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Sub Junior Professor in Waiting
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Medical Student
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Potential Professor in Waiting
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