Lok Sabha Question No. 1111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Sanctioned Post and Vacancies in HEIs
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri K Radhakrishnan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1111 ANSWERED ON 10.02.2025

## Sanctioned Post and Vacancies in HEIs

## 1111. Shri K Radhakrishnan:

## Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  sanctioned  posts  and  vacancies  of  teachers  in  various  Central  Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) as on date, institution-wise;
- (b) the details of vacancies occurred in Central HEIs during the last two years due to retirement and the details of vacancies filled up during 2024 and 2025 till date; and
- (c) the number of contractual and ad hoc teachers in these HEIs as on date, HEI-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (c)  The  Central  Higher  Education  Institutions  (CHEIs)  under  Ministry  of  Education  are statutory autonomous organizations established under respective Central Acts of Parliament and governed  by  provisions  of  the  Acts/Statutes/Ordinances/Regulations  made  thereunder.  As autonomous institutions, faculty recruitment is done within the institutions itself, in accordance with  their  Acts  and  Regulations.  The  recruitment  powers  vests  with  the  respective  Board  of Governors/Executive  Committee/Board  of  Management  and  no  active  role  of  the  Ministry  is involved therein.

Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to promotion, retirement, resignation, death, opening of new institutions, schemes or projects, and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength and expansion of capacity in existing institutions.

Ministry  of  Education  had  exhorted  all  the  CHEIs  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  in  Mission  Mode. From September 2022, all CHEIs have undertaken Mission Mode recruitment drive to fill the vacancies. Up to 23.12.2024, a total number of 26,751 posts have been filled up by all CHEIs, including 15,637 faculty positions, in Mission Mode.

The National Education Policy 2020 seeks to transform higher education by focusing on skillbased  education  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  industry  and  the  economy.  Further,  the  NEP  also recommends integrating vocational education with general education and strengthening industryacademia collaboration in CHEIs. Towards this end, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken a new initiative to bring the industry and other professional expertise into the academic institutions through 'Professor of Practice'. UGC has framed guidelines for engaging 'Professor of  Practice'  in  Universities  and  Colleges  on  30.09.2022.  In  order  to  bring  in  distinguished experts  from  various  fields  of  engineering,  science,  technology,  entrepreneurship  etc.  and  to develop courses and curriculum to meet the industry and societal needs and to enable the CHEIs to work with industry experts on joint research project, concept of 'Professor of Practice' has been adopted, and thereby exposure and mentorship to students by domain experts is provided. Also, visiting faculties are deployed by institutes, as and when required, so as to avail the benefit of experienced faculty and domain experts.

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