Lok Sabha Question No. 1331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Appointment of Professors
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANTOSH AHLAWAT, RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1331 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## Appointment of Professors

1331. SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that University Grants Commission has put a ban on the appointment of Professors and Lecturers in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to open the recruitment of Lecturers/ Professors in the country for the Universities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  there  is  an  acute  shortage  of  Lecturers/Professors  in  various Universities  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  University-wise  details  thereof  along  with  the  action taken or to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  recruitment  of  faculty  was  being  done  based  upon  clause  6(c)  and  8(a)(v)  of University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, 2006 which prescribe that the cadre or unit for determining  reservation  roster  points  should  be  'University/college'  and  not  'Department/ subject'.

The Hon'ble Allahabad High Court in its order of C.M.W.P.No.43260 of 2016 dated 07-042017 quashed this Guideline. Implementation of these orders could lead to reduction in the posts to  be  reserved  for  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled  Tribes  and  Other  Backward  Classes  in Universities. An Inter-Ministerial Committee was, therefore, constituted to examine the issue. On the recommendations of the Inter- Ministerial Committee and after consulting the Law Ministry, the UGC and the Ministry filed separate SLPs on 12-04-2018 and 16-04-2018 respectively before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.

Meanwhile, in view of the matter being sub-judice, directions were issued by the UGC to the Higher Educational Institutions to postpone the recruitment process, if it is already underway.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court dismissed the SLPs of MHRD and UGC on 21.01.2019. A review petition is being contemplated in the matter in consultation with the Attorney General of India.

The  detailed  statement  of  vacant  teaching  posts  in  various  Central  Universities,  under purview of UGC, is at Annexure. Further, as per UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualification for appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for  the  Maintenance  of  Standards  in  Higher  Education  2018 ,  Universities  are  permitted  to appoint adjunct faculty. Moreover, Central Universities are adopting different methods/processes to address the problem of faculty shortage which inter-alia, include hiring ad-hoc faculty, guest faculty, contract faculty and re-employed in order to ensure that studies of students are not adversely affected.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1331 FOR 11.02.2019 ASKED BY SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER AND SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSORS.

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   | Name of University                                  | Total Number of Vacant Posts   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.       | TELAGANA               | MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL URDU UNIVERSITY               | 100                            |
| 2.       | TELAGANA               | UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD                             | 131                            |
| 3.       | TELAGANA               | THE ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY          | 46                             |
| 4.       | CHHATTISGARH           | GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA                       | 218                            |
| 5.       | DELHI                  | UNIVERSITY O F DELHI                                | 833                            |
| 6.       | DELHI                  | JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA                                | 172                            |
| 7.       | DELHI                  | JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY                         | 324                            |
| 8.       | MADHYA                 | DR. HARISINGH GOUR VISHWAVIDYALAYA                  | 158                            |
| 9.       | PRADESH                | INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL TRIBAL UNIVERSITY            | 85                             |
| 10.      | MAHARASHTRA            | MAHATMA GANDHI ANTARRASHTRIYA HINDI VISHWAVIDYALAYA | 34                             |
| 11.      | PUDUCHERRY             | PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY                              | 151                            |
| 12.      | UTTARAKHAND            | HEMWATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY          | 196                            |
| 13.      | UTTAR PRADESH          | ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY                           | 398                            |
| 14.      | UTTAR PRADESH          | BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY                            | 585                            |
| 15.      | UTTAR PRADESH          | BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY               | 38                             |
| 16.      | UTTAR PRADESH          | UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD                             | 532                            |
| 17.      | WEST BENGAL            | VISVA BHARATI                                       | 170                            |
| 18.      | BIHAR                  | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BIHAR                   | 85                             |
| 19.      | BIHAR                  | MAHATMA GANDHI CENTRAL UNIVERSITY                   | 71                             |
| 20.      | GUJARAT                | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT                       | 68                             |
| 21.      | HARYANA                | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA                       | 151                            |
| 22.      | HIMACHAL PRADESH       | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH              | 113                            |
| 23.      | JAMMU &                | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU                         | 63                             |
| 24.      | KASHMIR                | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR                       | 101                            |
| 25.      | JHARKHAND              | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JHARKHAND                     | 75                             |
| 26.      | KARNATAKA              | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA                     | 101                            |
| 27.      | KERALA                 | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA                        | 39                             |
| 28.      | ODISHA                 | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA                        | 137                            |
| 29.      | PUNJAB                 | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB                        | 62                             |
| 30.      | RAJASTHAN              | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN                     | 94                             |
| 31.      | TAMIL NADU             | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMIL NADU                    | 72                             |
| 32.      |                        | ASSAM UNIVERSITY                                    | 85                             |
| 33.      | ASSAM                  | TEZPUR UNIVERSITY                                   | 37                             |
| 34.      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH      | RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY                             | 34                             |
| 35.      | MANIPUR                | MANIPUR UNIVERSITY                                  | 126                            |
| 36.      | MEGHALAYA              | NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSTIY                       | 129                            |
| 37.      | MIZORAM                | MIZORAM UNIVERSITY                                  | 82                             |
| 38.      | NAGALAND               | NAGALAND UNIVERSITY                                 | 69                             |
| 39.      | SIKKIM                 | SIKKIM UNIVERSITY                                   | 71                             |
| 40.      |                        | TRIPURA UNIVERSITY                                  | 105                            |
| Total    | TRIPURA                |                                                     |                                |
|          |                        |                                                     | 6141                           |

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