IIMB Faculty Recruitment under scanner

Abstract

Two applicants to faculty positions at IIM Bangalore received identical rejection letters last year that said their “interests and focus areas are not matching with our requirements” — despite the advertisements not having mentioned specific requirements.

Both candidates, who had applied for assistant professors’ posts in reserved categories, told The Telegraph that the B-school’s advertisements for the posts mentioned the subject but neither the area of specialisation required nor the screening criteria. Anil Wagde, secretary of the Association of Ambedkarite Academics (AAA), a group of scholars and activists, confirmed the two applicants’ allegation. The applicants, neither of whom wanted to be identified, told this newspaper that when the IIMB was clear about its requirements, it should have mentioned them clearly in the ads.