Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated concrete steps to fill up teaching and non-teaching posts lying vacant in public universities this year.
Announcing this on Saturday, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj said that the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has been asked to fill up around 1400 teaching posts, including 385 posts of Assistant Professors by July.
The Minister also informed that the process for recruiting Vice-Chancellors in various universities is in the final stage, which will be completed at the earliest. This has been possible after the passing of the Odisha Universities (Amendment) Act, 2024.
“There are about 1400 vacancies in universities across the state. We will follow the reservation guidelines given by the Supreme Court and government. All sections of society will be adequately represented,” Suraj told reporters.
He further stated that Staff Selection Board (SSB) has been directed to fill vacancies for non-teaching positions, some of which have already been advertised and start the recruitment process for the rest.
As per the official data, 1,430 faculty posts are lying vacant in 17 state-run universities in Odisha. This includes 261 posts of Professor, 459 posts of Associate Professors and 710 posts of Assistant Professors. Besides, as many as 2,286 non-teaching posts are lying vacant in the varsities.
