A week before the written examination for seven group-A vacancies for scientists at premier Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Bharti Arora’s application was rejected by the institute for lack of “supporting documents” for her experience after PhD. Arora, a staffer at the WII for the past 15 months, then approached the Delhi high court. Her application was reinstated, with the court allowing her to appear for the July 10 examination.
But Arora’s case wasn’t isolated. WII’s screening committee junked a total of 221 of the 352 applications it received for the seven posts – making up 63 percent of the total candidates.
