Central University Recruitment 2021: Universities require more time to fill in vacant posts

The Education Minister made the announcement during a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of 46 Central Universities. The Ministry also decided to advertise the vacancies by September 10.

Considering that many Central Universities in India are facing a faculty crunch, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced speeding up recruitment in a mission mode to fill 6,000 vacant posts by October 2021. The Education Minister made the announcement during a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of 46 Central Universities. The Ministry also decided to advertise the vacancies by September 10.

While speaking on the same,  Raghvendra P Tiwari, vice-chancellor, Central University of Punjab, told TOI that faculty recruitment is a lengthy process. As per the rules, the direct recruitment to the posts of assistant professors, associate professors, and professors in the universities and colleges should be done on the basis of merit through all India advertisements and selections by the duly constituted selection committees.

“Candidates are given at least 45 days to apply since the advertisement of the posts followed by screening and shortlisting of the candidates, the constitution of the selection committee and approval by the Executive Council. The deadline set by the ministry is possible to meet for the universities which have already advertised their vacancies within six months. However, we will make sincere efforts to reduce response time in respect of all the steps involved in the recruitment process to conclude it at the earliest,” says Tiwari.

Meanwhile, the Central University of Punjab has begun the application process for recruitment last week. The University has also sanctioned 217 teaching staff posts and currently, they have only 129 full-time faculties.

PC Joshi, acting vice-chancellor, University of Delhi (DU) emphasises working on mission-mode to address the faculty crunch at the universities. “Universities must set a goal and work accordingly to accomplish the task within six months to one year,” says Joshi.

On the shortage of right candidates, Joshi explains that advertisements in national dailies help us get a wider circulation and we get a large number of applicants from across India. So, getting the right talent is not an issue for us. Sometimes candidates might be reluctant to relocate due to some personal issues, but it does not apply to everyone,” he said as reported by TOI.

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