No ad hoc faculty appointments from now: DU notifies colleges

University officials said there was only one college — Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College in Dev Nagar — which “accidentally” put out an advertisement to hire ad-hoc professors instead of guest professors.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Shri Prakash Singh, Director of South Campus, said: “Unfortunately in the past 10-15 years appointments were not regular and did not happen as they were supposed to, but under the current regime, permanent appointments of teachers are regularly happening in all Delhi University colleges. The University has sent an intimation to all the colleges under the same view that ad hoc-ism should be put to an end.”

“To date, about 3,000 teachers have been permanently appointed in all colleges of DU excluding the 12 Delhi government colleges. About 200-250 permanent appointments have been made in departments. Every day, at least 3-4 colleges have their recruitments going on in full swing. In line with the guidelines of the UGC and Government of India, we have told the colleges to appoint Guest lecturers if needed,” Singh added.

The notification asks the colleges/institutions to take “necessary steps in making appointments of teaching staff on a regular basis against vacant posts…”

University Registrar Vikas Gupta said that the circular was issued to all colleges as the university is pushing to “put an end to ad-hocism and to make appointments at the college level on a permanent basis.”