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
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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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