Lok Sabha Question No. 74 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Shortage of Professors
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD

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

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION No. 74 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Shortage of Professors

† *74. PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that there is an acute shortage of Professors in Universities  and  Government-run  colleges  of  the  country  which  is  directly  affecting teaching activities; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c)  the  steps  taken  or  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the  shortage  of

- professors in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SH. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a)  to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## 14 th Position

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *74 FOR 23.07.2018 ASKED BY PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SHORTAGE OF PROFESSORS. (a) to (c): Occurring and filling up of vacancies is a continuous process. Universities being autonomous institutions, the onus of filling up of vacant teaching posts lies with them. At present, there are 2426 sanctioned posts of Professors in various Central Universities, out of which 1301 are lying vacant. In respect of State Universities, no such  data  is  centrally  maintained.  A  detailed  statement  of  the  number  of  post  of Professors in various Central Universities under purview of UGC is at Annexure-I . UGC has been  continuously  monitoring  vacancy  issues  with  Universities  and  has asked Vice Chancellors of all Central Universities on 27 th February, 2018, to prepare a time bound action plan indicating the timeline for advertisement of posts, scrutiny of applications, selection/appointments of candidates for teaching positions. Further, UGC  has  notified Graded Autonomy  Regulations, 2018 according to which Universities can hire foreign faculty upto 20% over and above sanctioned strength. UGC also supports 'operation faculty recharge' through induction of fresh talent at the level of Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors for promoting high quality research. As per UGC regulations, Universities are permitted to recruit Ad-hoc/Guest Faculty/Reemployed/Contract Faculty against vacant positions,  from  time  to  time,  depending  upon  their  operational  requirements  to  the extent of 10% of total faculty positions in Universities. Also,  the  Central  Government  has  revised  pay  scales  of  teachers  and  other academic staff in universities and colleges which will help in attracting and retaining the best quality teachers.

ANNEXURE -I Statement of posts of Professors in Central Universities as on 01.04.2018

|   Sl No | State/UT         | Name of Central University                          |   No. of Sanctioned Posts |   No. of Existing Posts |   No of Vacant Posts |
|---------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|       1 | TELAGANA         | MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY               |                        47 |                      30 |                   17 |
|       2 | TELAGANA         | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD                             |                       112 |                      67 |                   45 |
|       3 | TELAGANA         | THE ENGLISH& FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY           |                        32 |                      20 |                   12 |
|       4 | CHHATTISGARH     | GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA                       |                        58 |                      13 |                   45 |
|       5 | DELHI            | UNIVERSITYO F DELHI                                 |                       264 |                     107 |                  157 |
|       6 | DELHI            | JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA                                |                       126 |                      72 |                   54 |
|       7 | DELHI            | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIV.                              |                       199 |                     100 |                   99 |
|       8 | MADHYA PRADESH   | DR. HARISINGH GOUR VISH.                            |                        52 |                       6 |                   46 |
|       9 | MADHYA PRADESH   | INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY            |                        32 |                      17 |                   15 |
|      10 | MAHARASHTRA      | MAHATMA GANDHI ANTARRASHTRIYA HINDI VISHWAVIDYALAYA |                        18 |                      12 |                    6 |
|      11 | PUDUCHERRY       | PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY                              |                        67 |                      25 |                   42 |
|      12 | UTTARAKHAND      | HEMWATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA . GARHWAL UNIVERSITY        |                        43 |                      12 |                   31 |
|      13 | UTTAR PRADESH    | ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY                           |                       200 |                     137 |                   63 |
|      14 | UTTAR PRADESH    | BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY                            |                       253 |                     171 |                   82 |
|      15 | UTTAR PRADESH    | BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY               |                        29 |                      16 |                   13 |
|      16 | UTTAR PRADESH    | UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD                             |                        79 |                      10 |                   69 |
|      17 | WEST BENGAL      | VISVA BHARATI                                       |                        73 |                      42 |                   31 |
|      18 | BIHAR            | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR                   |                        22 |                       9 |                   13 |
|      19 | BIHAR            | MAHATMA GANDHI CENTRAL UNIVERSITY                   |                        20 |                       2 |                   18 |
|      20 | GUJARAT          | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT                       |                        22 |                       9 |                   13 |
|      21 | HARYANA          | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA                       |                        30 |                       0 |                   30 |
|      22 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH              |                        27 |                       3 |                   24 |
|      23 | JAMMU&           | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU                         |                        22 |                       3 |                   19 |
|      24 | KASHMIR          | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR                       |                        21 |                       9 |                   12 |
|      25 | JHARKHAND        | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JHARKHAND                     |                        25 |                       8 |                   17 |
|      26 | KARNATAKA        | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA                     |                        21 |                       6 |                   15 |
|      27 | KERALA           | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA                        |                        22 |                      11 |                   11 |

| 28   | ORISSA            | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA     |   23 |    0 |   23 |
|------|-------------------|----------------------------------|------|------|------|
| 29   | PUNJAB            | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB     |   21 |    4 |   17 |
| 30   | RAJASTHAN         | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN  |   23 |    5 |   18 |
| 31   | TAMIL NADU        | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMIL NADU |   22 |    9 |   13 |
| 32   | ASSAM             | ASSAM UNIVERSITY                 |   45 |   23 |   22 |
| 33   | ASSAM             | TEZPUR UNIVERSITY                |   50 |   42 |    8 |
| 34   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY          |   27 |   11 |   16 |
| 35   | MANIPUR           | MANIPUR UNIVERSITY               |   39 |   15 |   24 |
| 36   | MEGHALAYA         | NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIV.         |   93 |   48 |   45 |
| 37   | MIZORAM           | MIZORAM UNIVERSITY               |   47 |   22 |   25 |
| 38   | NAGALAND          | NAGALAND UNIVERSITY              |   45 |   12 |   33 |
| 39   | SIKKIM            | SIKKIM UNIVERSITY                |   29 |   10 |   19 |
| 40   | TRIPURA           | TRIPURA UNIVERSITY               |   46 |    7 |   39 |
|      | GRAND TOTAL       | GRAND TOTAL                      | 2426 | 1125 | 1301 |