We were recently informed that our campus houses would be ready to move in very soon. This is something for which I have been waiting for the last five years: to live in a real house in a real campus. And what a house it is (going to be). All of us, irrespective of seniority or rank (other than director), are going to get apartments of equal size: comfortable 3 BHK apartments with 3 balconies (and 3 bathrooms too!)The buildings are surrounded by IISER campus, NCL campus and the beautiful Panchvati hills. The apartments also have piped gas (so it's a huge relief to not have to wait for gas cylinders for weeks on end!)
Irrespective of the above benefits, what impressed me most was the smooth and transparent manner in which the house allotment was done. A list was drawn up of all interested faculty, in order of their joining dates. An email was then sent to all of us with a diagram describing the numbering and location (i.e. the direction which it faces) of each apartment. Sample apartments facing each direction in both buildings were made accessible, so that we could go and choose where we would like to live.
The list was divided into two batches of about 40 each. For each batch, each member knew their number and made a personal list of preferred apartments of the same number. For example, someone who is number 12 in a batch would jot down 12 apartment numbers in order of preference. Each faculty was called by the allotment committee one by one into an adjoining room (in the same order in which they were listed), where they would be asked for their preferences and get allotted the first available apartment. The conversation with the allotment committee would typically last a minute and after allotment, one would go back to the faculty meeting room and write down their apartment number on the board (so that the colleagues after them would know which apartments were not available anymore). After the allotment for the first batch was over, we were sent an email about which apartments were available for the second batch. Thus, in two sittings, the allotment for about 80 people was done.
No personal questions, no undue pressure/influence and no hard feelings! Just a warm smile by our colleague Prof. Natu with a simple question, "Yes, which one do you want?" and an even bigger smile if your desired apartment was available.
I don't say this enough: I love IISER Pune.
Irrespective of the above benefits, what impressed me most was the smooth and transparent manner in which the house allotment was done. A list was drawn up of all interested faculty, in order of their joining dates. An email was then sent to all of us with a diagram describing the numbering and location (i.e. the direction which it faces) of each apartment. Sample apartments facing each direction in both buildings were made accessible, so that we could go and choose where we would like to live.
The list was divided into two batches of about 40 each. For each batch, each member knew their number and made a personal list of preferred apartments of the same number. For example, someone who is number 12 in a batch would jot down 12 apartment numbers in order of preference. Each faculty was called by the allotment committee one by one into an adjoining room (in the same order in which they were listed), where they would be asked for their preferences and get allotted the first available apartment. The conversation with the allotment committee would typically last a minute and after allotment, one would go back to the faculty meeting room and write down their apartment number on the board (so that the colleagues after them would know which apartments were not available anymore). After the allotment for the first batch was over, we were sent an email about which apartments were available for the second batch. Thus, in two sittings, the allotment for about 80 people was done.
No personal questions, no undue pressure/influence and no hard feelings! Just a warm smile by our colleague Prof. Natu with a simple question, "Yes, which one do you want?" and an even bigger smile if your desired apartment was available.
I don't say this enough: I love IISER Pune.
2 comments:
This is exactly the scheme for engineering seat allotment adopted in so many states!
@Abi, great analogy!
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