350 vacancies with 150 faculty posts, including 91 assistant professors and 50 associate professors will be filled by the University of Madras.
150 faculty posts, including that of 91 assistant professors and 50 associate professors will be filled by the University of Madras. A massive recruitment drive will be conducted by them from the first week of July. Their previous recruitment drive in 2001 ran into trouble after a commission appointed by the state government found that a large number of ineligible candidates had been selected.
There are a total of 350 vacancies in the university according to Vice chancellor R Thandavan who stated to the present media "Half of them will be filled in two months as it is mandatory for us to meet the minimum faculty criteria set by the University Grants Commission (UGC). This has to be met before the next National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) review," he said.
UGC norms dictate the presence of a minimum of four permanent teaching faculty in a department and eight in advanced departments or advanced research centres. As of now Madras university does not meet the UGC standards. A syndicate meeting on August 21 will confirm the recruitment process. However professors and senior officials of the university administration are concerned that brokers and politicians will interfere in the recruitment. A recent syndicate meeting refused to assent to the VC's request for independent powers to initiate recruitments.
A senior official stated that lobbying has already begun while another said "It was money, power and political influence that played in the 2001 recruitment. If the VC does not ensure a transparent selection process, free from political influence, several meritorious applicants are likely to be overlooked this time too,".
"There is an active presence of brokers in the university. A former syndicate member who has no academic background but entered the syndicate as a nominee of a former governor is coordinating the 'business' of selling seats. His team is persuading the VC's office to facilitate the sale of posts as well as trying to bag multi-crore construction projects in the university,".
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