Given the faculty crisis at the central universities throughout India, education minister Union Dharmendra Pradhan announced accelerating recruitment in mission mode to fill 6,000 empty posts on October 2021 when handling representatives of Chancellor 46 Central University.
The ministry decided to advertise vacancies on September 10.
Raghvendra P Tiawari, Deputy Chancellor, Punjab Central University, said that the recruitment of the faculty is a long process.
According to the rules, direct recruitment to Professor’s assistant posts, professor associates, and professors at universities and colleges must be carried out on the basis of the benefits through all Indian advertisements and choices by the selection committee formed by the Dildel.
“Candidates are given at least 45 days to be applied since post advertising followed by screening and selection of candidates, the Constitution of the Election Committee and Approval by the Executive Board.
The deadline set by the Ministry is possible to meet with the universities that have advertised their vacancies within six months.
However, we will make sincere efforts to reduce response time in connection with all the steps involved in the recruitment process to conclude it earlier, “said Tiwari.
Central University Punjab has begun the application process for recruitment last week.
The university has sanctioned 217 teaching staff and today, they only have 129 full-time faculties.
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Joshi PC, Acting Deputy Chancellor, University of Delhi (DU) emphasized working on mission mode to overcome the faculty crisis at the university.
“The university must set goals and work accordingly to complete the task within six months to one year,” Joshi said.
In the shortage of right candidates, Joshi explained that advertising on national days helped us get broader circulation and we get a large number of applicants from all over India.
So, getting the right talent is not a problem for us.
Sometimes candidates may be reluctant to move because of some personal problems, but do not apply to everyone, “he added.
Tiwari highlights that the majority of posts lying empty at the universities are mostly the Senior Faculty (Associate Professor and Professor) and categories that are reserved.
The grounds behind maximum vacancies for these categories, Tiwari explained that relocation was a big challenge to get senior faculties.
“Those who work at other universities prefer to wait for promotions under the career progress scheme (CAS) rather than rediscovering from one place to another,” he added.
For the category ordered, Tiwari said that the lack of candidates who qualified was a big challenge for the university.
According to these provisions, a university can conduct interviews only if they have at least three candidates who qualify for empty posts under their respective categories.
Challenges in broader circulation
In terms of broader circulation of advertising, the University faces crisis funds.
“Universities cannot pay according to the rates set by newspapers.
We must comply with the rates set by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAV).
Most prominent newspapers have a higher rate for advertising compared to the level of DAVP.
This limits our circulation For a wider population, “said Tiwari.
“Even though the budget is limited, we advertise the recruitment process according to the guidelines set by DOPT and get a good number of applications,” he added.
There is no permanent VC
Some central universities do not have a permanent VC.
“A VC acting or VC about extensions cannot make decisions about the main problems including the recruitment process,” said Sharat Kumar Palita, Representative of Chancellor (responsible), the middle university Odisha, Coraput.
“Before starting the faculty recruitment process, we must have a permanent VC,” said Palita who hopes the Ministry of Education will immediately complete a permanent VC for the University.
Lack of transparency
There is no scarcity of talented candidates in this country, said a senior academic by Delhi-based educational institutions with anonymity requirements.
In recruitment delays, he highlights that lack of transparency and favoritism has hampered the recruitment process in various state and central universities.
“It is possible to complete the recruitment process at all levels in one year on October 2022.
Meanwhile, the recruitment process includes advertising and criteria for screening applications, etc.
can be completed in October 2021,” he added.