Up to 53% faculty posts vacant in central universities

Most nationally funded institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology and universities, are conducting classes with over one-third of faculty positions vacant, prompting the government to launch a major recruitment drive, writes Manash Pratim Gohain for The Times of India.

Worst hit are new central universities with 53.28% vacancies, followed by National Institutes of Technology with 47% teacher vacancies. Old as well as new Indian Institutes of Technology, too, have over 35% vacancies, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said while announcing a major recruitment drive across campuses in the next fortnight.

In an interaction with a small group of journalists, Javadekar said the ministry is also thinking of re-employment and wooing industry experts to fill up teaching vacancies. Concerned over the number of vacancies in faculty positions, Javadekar said institutions will have to at least fill up 75% of untenanted posts by the year-end.
Full report on The Times of India site