Appointed, ignored & unpaid: Meet India’s ‘invisible’ teachers

Appointed, ignored & unpaid: Meet India’s ‘invisible’ teachers

In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty.“I taught, I evaluated papers, I invigilated exams,” he said. “But officially, it’s as if I was never there.” His only proof is a fading sheet of paper from 1983 and a l…