: Acting on a directive by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for filling up 378 vacant posts, Delhi University has issued a notice for recruiting permanent teachers after a gap of seven years.
The Registrar of the university informed that the application form will be available on the Delhi University website www.du.ac.in and the last date for the receipt of applications is February 16. The registrar informed that the call is for the post of Assistant Professor in the Pay Band of ₹15,600-39,100, (as per sixth Pay Commission), in various departments of the university.
Ad-hoc hiring
Since 2009, Delhi Universty has been employing teachers on ad-hoc basis to ensure that classes and learning are not hampered, a move that the DU teachers have been protesting against for a long time. They have submitted memorandums to the HRD ministry and have even conducted strikes and protested on the streets against the terms of employment of the ad-hoc staff.
Javadekar’s promise
A university official informed that the university has invited online applications for 378 posts of assistant professors across 41 departments and centres, which include 187 general category posts, 100 OBC, 55 SC, 29 ST and seven posts for persons with disabilities.
When he took over last year, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that his Ministry would ensure that all vacant positions in central universities would be filled by 2018.
