DTE recruits teachers for polytechnic,engg colleges

He said that all the recruitments were done for a period of 11 months months,with a consolidated salary of Rs 25,000 to polytechnic lecturers and Rs 30,000 for degree engineering college professors.

The regular recruitment,he said,would be made through the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC). Those recruited on contract would be made permanent only if they clear the recruitment examinations and interview conducted by the GPSC.

Purani said that DTE had sent the requisition to GPSC regarding the number of vacancies in engineering and polytechnic colleges and the educational qualification of the candidates required.

Rajkot district Cong chief to join BJP

In another blow to Congress,its Rajkot district unit president Gordhan Dhamelia quit the party and said he would join BJP along with former Congress MP Vitthal Radadiya at Dhoraji on March 8. Dhamelia told The Indian Express he was leaving the party “with a heavy heart” after serving it for 30 years. He said organisational leaders were not given importance by the state leaders. Dhamelia had contested Assembly polls in 2002 and 2007,but lost by a margin of over 12,000 votes on both occasions. He,however,won three elections for Rajkot zilla panchayat.