In Deccan College, few teachers on reserved posts for 33 years

The situation is worse in case of reserved category students. Sanskrit and Linguistics are non-commercial branches and hence admissions are already very low. Out of the total allowed intake of 40 students in each department in post-graduate level, Sanskrit and Linguistics departments have four and 10 students, respectively. "In Sanskrit, eight students had applied but four dropped out later. So is the case with Linguistics where 15 applied and five dropped out. There was not even a single application from reserved category students," says Bhatta.

The Archaeology department is, however, doing a little better. "There are 31 students in MA with 21 from open category and 10 belonging to various reserved categories. But in MA final year, there are 29 candidates of which only two are from reserved category," says Bhatta. "Archeology is doing better since it is more commercial than the other two departments. Most of the Linguistics and Sanskrit students are the ones who have enrolled because of their love for the subject and not for jobs," he adds.

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