Lok Sabha Question No. 1010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Vacancies in Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1010 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## Vacancies in Universities

## 1010.  SHRI K. C. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of teaching posts vacant in various Central and State Universities in the country, State-wise including Kerala;

(b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure qualified teachers in the Universities;

(c) whether the Government has made any relaxations or changes in the required eligibility for teaching posts in Colleges and Universities;

- (d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government has decided to allow those who have completed Ph.D. from foreign Universities to teach in colleges in India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) At present, there are 41 Central Universities (CUs) under the purview of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.  Out of total number of 17092 sanctioned teaching posts in 40 CUs including Central University of Kerala, as on 1.4.2018, 5606 teaching posts are lying vacant. In Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), out of 454 teaching posts, 190 posts are vacant as on 31.7.2018. The University-wise details of sanctioned, filled up and vacant teaching posts are annexed.

The  State  Universities  come  under  the  domain  of  the  State  Governments  and  the  UGC does not create and maintain the data of posts in the State Universities including Kerala State.

(b) Under Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the UGC is mandated to  regulate  maintenance  of  standards  in  the  universities.  The  UGC  has  issued  the  'UGC (Minimum  Qualifications for Appointment  of  Teachers  and  other  Academic  Staff  in Universities and Colleges and other Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018 in supersession of its earlier Regulations of 2010. The UGC Regulations  2018  are  mandatorily  applicable  to  all  Central  Universities  and  Colleges thereunder and Institutions deemed to be Universities, whose maintenance expenditure is

met  by  the  UGC.  The  onus  to  fill  up  the  teaching  and  non-teaching  posts  lies  with  the Central  Universities  being  autonomous  bodies  created  under  Acts  of  Parliament  and  the Government has no role in this regard.

(c)  &  (d):  The  minimum  qualifications  for  appointment  of  teachers  in  the  universities  and colleges are prescribed in the UGC (Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and  other  Academic  Staff  in  Universities  and  Colleges  and  other  Measures  for  the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2018.  As per clause 3.12 of the  said Regulations, no person shall be appointed to the post of University and College teacher, Librarian or Director of Physical Education and Sports, in any university or in any of institutions including constituent or affiliated colleges recognized under clause (f) of Section 2  of  the  University  Grants  Commission  Act,  1956  or  in  an  institution  deemed  to  be  a University under Section 3 of the said Act if such person does not fulfill the requirements as to  the  qualifications  for  the  appropriate  post  as  provided  in  the  Schedule  1  of  these Regulations.

(e): As per the Clause 4.1 of the said UGC Regulation 2018, Ph.D. obtained from a foreign university/institution with a ranking among top 500 in the World University Ranking (at any time)  by  any  one  of  the  following:  (i)  Quacquarelli  Symonds  (QS)  (ii)  the  Times  Higher Education  (THE)  or  (iii)  the  Academic  Ranking  of  World  Universities  (ARWU)  of  the Shanghai  Jiao  Tong  University  (Shanghai)  is  also one  of the eligibility criteria for appointment of Assistant Professor in the Universities.

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