Shortage of faculty in central universities in the country

(b) The total number of sanctioned teaching posts in 39 Central Universities under the purview of UGC is 16692 (2316 Professor, 4593 Associate Professor, 9194 Assistant Professor and 589 others) including newly established Central Universities. Out of the total sanctioned teaching posts, 6251 teaching posts are laying vacant (1244 Professor, 2165 Associate Professor, 2769 Assistant Professor and 73 others). A detailed statement of sanctioned and vacant teaching posts in various Central Universities as on 31.3.2014, is enclosed at Annexure-I. As regards Indira Gandhi National Open University, the details of sanctioned strength and the working strength is at Annexure-II.

(c) In the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the maintenance of standards in Higher Education 2010, under para 12.2, UGC has clearly mentioned that all the sanctioned/approved posts in the university system shall be filled up on an urgent basis.

Besides, subject to availability of vacant positions and fitness, teachers shall also be re-employed on contract appointment beyond the age of sixty five years upto the age of seventy years. Re-employment beyond the age of superannuation shall, however, be done selectively, for a limited period of 3 years in the first instance and then for another further period of 2 years purely on the basis of merit, experience, area of specialization and peer group review and only against available vacant positions.

While approving the Budget Estimates (Non-Plan) and Revised Estimates, all the Central Universities are exhorted by the UGC to fill up the teaching positions at the earliest.

Further, in order to meet the situation arising out of shortage of teachers in universities and other teaching institutions and the consequent vacant positions therein, the age of superannuation for teachers in Central Educational Institutions has already been enhanced from sixty two to sixty five years w.e.f. 23.3.2007.

UGC recently wrote to all the Central Universities to give topmost priority for identifying the causes for the vacancies and make concerted efforts to fill up the vacancies as per UGC norms, at an early date to ensure that the teaching work of the University is not affected.

Further, UGC initiated a scheme called Operation Faculty Recharge for augmenting the research and teaching resources of universities to tackle the shortage of faculty in the university system. So far the UGC has recruited 163 Faculty under this Scheme.

The vacancy of teachers was also discussed prominently in the conference of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities on 6th & 7th February, 2014 under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble President of India, in which Vice Chancellors were exhorted to fill up the vacancies in a time bound manner. As a follow up, the Ministry has written to all the Vice Chancellors to implement the decision on priority and to furnish an Action Taken Report to this Ministry.

Annexure-I     

STATEMENT OF TEACHING STAFF STRENGTH AS ON 31.3.2014 (EXISTING & VACANT POSITIONS) OF OLD CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES   

STATEMENT OF TEACHING STAFF STRENGTH AS ON 31.3.2014 (EXISTING & VACANT POSITIONS) OF NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES

Sl. No.	Name of the State	Name of University	Sanctioned Posts
			PROF.	ASSO. PROF.	ASSTT. PROF.	OTH ERS	TOTAL
1	2	3	4
	NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES
1	BIHAR	C.U. OF BIHAR	22	43	88	0	153
2	GUJARAT	C.U. OF GUJARAT	21	42	84	0	147
3	HARYANA	C.U. OF HARYANA	25	50	100	0	175
4	HIMACHAL PRADESH	C.U. OF HIMACHAL PRADESH	27	53	108	0	188
5	JAMMU & KASHMIR	C.U. OF JAMMU	20	40	80	0	140
6		C.U. OF KASHMIR	21	41	90	0	152
7	JHARKHAND	C.U. OF JHARKHAND	24	47	96	0	167
8	KARNATAKA	C.U. OF KARNATAKA	20	40	80	0	140
9	KERALA	C.U. OF KERALA	22	43	86	0	151
10	MADHYA PRADESH	THE INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIV.	22	43	88	0	153
11	ORISSA	C.U. OF ORISSA	23	44	90	0	157
12	PUNJAB	C.U. OF PUNJAB	21	42	84	0	147
13	RAJASTHAN	C.U. OF RAJASTHAN	27	53	108	0	188
14	TAMIL NADU	C.U. OF TAMIL NADU	22	43	86	0	151
		TOTAL	317	624	1268	0	2209
TOTAL (NON-NER UNIVERSITIES)			1593	3255	6412	579	11839
TOTAL (NER UNIVERSITIES)			406	714	1514	10	2644
TOTAL (NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES)			317	624	1268	0	2209
GRAND TOTAL (NON-NER+NER+NEW CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES)			2316	4593	9194	589	16692

Annexure-II

S.No.	Name of Post	Sanctioned Strength as on 1.1.2014	Working Strength as on 1.1.2014
1	Professors	71	38
2	Associate Professors	137	88
3	Assistant Professors	252	165