The order comes within the gentle of house sector reforms initiated by the govt..
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been directed to placed on maintain the recruitment of scientific and technical personnel till additional orders within the gentle of the house sector reforms initiated by the Central authorities.
In a September 3 letter to the administrators of the varied ISRO centres, the Department of Space (DoS) acknowledged that the manpower requirement within the scientific and technical classes was being reassessed in view of the sectoral reforms, extremely positioned sources mentioned.
Multiple modes
The DoS choice is relevant to recruitments made through a number of modes, together with direct recruitment by the centres, centralised recruitment and campus recruitments by means of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). The centres have additionally been directed to stop the hiring of personnel on contract till additional orders.
The choice is binding on all ISRO centres and items, together with the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) and the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota.
Reorganisation of employees
A senior ISRO official mentioned recruitments had been ‘temporarily’ placed on maintain because the institution of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) beneath the DoS had necessitated reorganisation of current employees.
“A committee has been formed to study the reassessment of manpower, and the recruitment will be resumed as per its recommendations,” the official mentioned.
Protests
Meanwhile, the DoS directive has sparked off protests, with the ISRO Staff Association strongly denouncing the transfer to privatise the house sector. The affiliation staged demonstrations exterior the VSSC and the ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) in Thiruvananthapuram, and the Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant (APEP) at Aluva, on Wednesday.
The “recruitment ban is the second stage of the privatisation process in the ISRO, akin to other public sectors,” the affiliation mentioned, including that it might adversely influence house missions.
