Amity University Kolkata — no environment/respect for academics

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Kolkata, West Bengal

Through this post, I wish to make academics/scholars who wish to pursue a faculty job, NEVER to set foot at Amity University Kolkata. I can't speak of the other campuses. This is about the Kolkata one.

I have had the misfortune to work as a Faculty in this godforsaken institution, which calls itself a university, for more than one and a half years.

Don't be fooled by the big buildings, AC cafeteria and(so-called) Wi-fi campus!

Faculties here are treated worse than Admin people (who are, as it is, treated with disrespect). The Faculty have no say in anything, no autonomy, no respect. Everything is dictated by the AVP (Vipin) and the Senior Director (Ankita Chakravarty Bhattacharya).

The organization only labels itself a university. It actually runs worse than a small corporate office. The major reason is that some people in the Management have been planted from Noida - who are incapable of fulfilling their duties.

I feel sorry for the Vice Chancellor, who is a distinguished scholar from Calcutta University, and has practically no say in bringing in an academic and respectful atmosphere in the institution.

Faculty are dictated (often shouted at) by a few people (who don't know how to behave and respect others like human beings) from the management (like Vipin and Ankita), who think that they are the kings/queens of this place and demand to be treated like royalty.

Faculty are imprisoned for 8.5 hours. They are frowned upon whenever they request for leaves. They are not given any time for academic work. Only running after students and similar clerical work (the Amizone software and countless Excel Sheets) - that too work that is often repeated - for lack of organization/communication among the management.

No Faculty here would feel that there is an academic spirit in this organization. They only focus on bringing corporate people and organizing Bollywood-based events. It is almost impossible to convince the (illiterate and uncultured) Management people to organize academic seminars/conferences/bringing stalwarts from academia - especially in the Arts. Overall, a raunchy North Indian Bollywoodized culture is forcefully followed here - right in Kolkata, where the culture of the city is in stark contrast!

I would never recommend anyone to join here as a Faculty. Run away as fast as you can.