PRAYAGRAJ: Reeling under sever crunch of teaching faculty members, authorities of Allahabad University would be starting interviews for recruiting teachers on its campus from December 22.
Starting with the Center for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), the interview schedule for the vacant posts of assistant and associate professor in this center has been declared on the official website of the university.
In the weeks to follow, varsity would be announcing the dates for holding interview against vacant teaching positions in other departments too. AU has around 550 vacancies of teachers.
Sources informed TOI that AU administration has expedited the process, especially in view of the new variant of the coronavirus. “We are moving at a great pace with the process of the screening of the applications. If conditions remain favourable, we will keep holding the interviews as we get the dates of the visitor’s nominee and the members of the selection committee,” said AU’s public relation officer, Prof Jaya Kapoor.
Moreover, sources inform that AU administration is trying to hold the selection committee in such a way that interviews of one big department can be clubbed with a relatively smaller department, so that time and resources could be managed in a more efficient way and the process is completed as soon as possible, following the norms laid down in view of pandemic.
Interviews for the vacant teaching positions would be held at the camp office of the vice-chancellor located at the official residence of AU VC, at MNNIT campus. Interview will be held for assistant professor position from 8.30am and for associate professor from 10 am.
AU authorities are conducting recruitment process for 596 vacant teaching positions on the campus, including that of assistant professor, associate professor and professor. Applications were received during October-November, this year. The teacher recruitment includes 356 posts of assistant professor in 47 subjects, 170 posts of associate professor in 40 subjects and 70 posts of professor in 36 subjects.
Prior to holding of selection committee, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has raised objections on the issue of calling less numbers of candidates against the vacant positions. The student leaders have alleged that against three posts of assistant professor st CBCS, 15 candidates have been called and five candidates have been called against three posts of associate professor, which is against the decision taken in the executive council.
However, those associated with the faculty recruitment on the campus has refuted the baseless allegations of the student leaders. They maintain that all the decisions, taken in the EC are followed in letter and spirit and the number of candidates, that have been called for interview, depends on the vacancy, roaster and suitable candidates.
