With the tenure of C.N. Manjunath, director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research — the State-run heart speciality centre, coming to an end this month, the Medical Education Department called for applications for the post on Saturday.
The department, which published an advertisement in a Kannada daily, has given applicants only four working days to apply — till 5 p.m. on January 19.
Sources said this was a short period for interested candidates to apply for a premier institution such as Jayadeva. “Usually, interested candidates are given at least three weeks to apply. Why is the government hurrying up the process of appointing a new director? They can post an in-charge director till a permanent director is appointed,” sources said.
