The agism in the advertisement doesn't do the institute much credit. I'm inclined to believe Sham, given the Institutes stated policies:
"Applicants, preferably below 35 years" James On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Narayana VL Sthanam wrote: > Sham, who so ever you are, if you have such a long list of complaints, why > don’t you put your name clearly and complain openly, instead of hiding behind > some anonymous ‘SHAM’ name. What you write about IISc may be all true or it > may be reflection of your frustration for not getting a job at IISc! > How do we know? So, grow a ‘spine’, if you have a complaint, say it like a > man and do not hide behind and bad mouth others anonymously like spoiled > child. > You are not only throwing dirt on such a prestigious Indian institution, and > also on many decent and capable scientists who do outstanding work and > produce brilliant graduate students, some of which I was fortunate to have in > my lab. > > Best > Narayana Sthanam > > ------------------------------------------ > Narayana Sthanam,Ph D > Professor of Structural Biology > 244 CBSE 1025 18th Street South > Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering > University of Alabama at Birmingham > Birmingham, Al 35294 > Phone: 205 934 0119 > URL: http://www.opt.uab.edu/narayanalab > “Never let success go to your head, nor failure to your heart” > > > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of U US > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 12:03 PM > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Faculty positions at Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc, > Bangalore > > Dear Friends, > > There is no need to apply to this position, we suggest. It is a PREDETERMINED > SELECTION, i.e. candidate is fixed and this (advertisement, screening, > selection board, selection and approval) is just the procedure. > It does not matter whether you apply or not. If you apply and called for > interview, then you have to waste your valuable time as well as huge travel > money unless some Big Boss is fixing you to the post. > Interestingly Indian Institute of Science recruits and carries faculties and > trains them in such a way that it has become a epicentre of recruitment scams > across India and it make rest of Indian Scientists/Faculties in their path of > scams and CRIME. Students also inherit the character of their boss. They do > not participate in any form of fair selection in the country. Almost all > cases they select and load many times inferior candidates even though > candidate was not seen by anybody or interviewed. Similarly they distribute > various national awards among themselves and within their group. THEY ARE NOT > ASHAMED AT ALL. > This is just an attempt of WASTING HUGE PUBLIC MONEY by a bunch of crooks who > are good for nothing but worst for everything. > > Sham > > Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:47:06 +0530 > From: vikasnavra...@gmail.com > Subject: [ccp4bb] Faculty positions at Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc, > Bangalore > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > Dear all > > Kindly make a note. > > Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. > > Molecular Biophysics Unit (http://mbu.iisc.ernet.in/) > > Opening for Assistant Professor Positions. > > Applicants, preferably below 35 years, should have a Ph.D. with postdoctoral > experience with an excellent publication record. > > We seek candidates in the general area of structural biology with an emphasis > on > understanding macromolecular systems at the molecular level. > > Applications with a detailed CV, research plan (not exceeding 3 pages) and > names > of at least 4 referees should be sent to chair...@mbu.iisc.ernet.in > > > Best