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August 2010

State of our Mumbai University — 130 teaching posts lie vacant

By Raman Jokhakar
Tarunkumar G. Singhal
Chartered Accountants
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49 State of our Mumbai University — 130 teaching posts lie
vacant

The faculty of Mumbai University are always complaining that
they are short-staffed. Now, positions sanctioned by the University Grants
Commission (UGC) are lying vacant.

Around 30 teaching positions were sanctioned under the 11th
Five-year Plan. Three years of the plan period have already gone by, but the
varsity has not started the appointment process. Burdened faculty members blame
red tape and also the fact that ever since the university has been headless, no
major decision has been made.

Around 100 additional teaching positions, recommended by the
Joint Director of Higher Education, have been pending with the Government since
2009.

(Source : The Times of India, dated 5-7-2010)

[Note : Can we hope that it will ever regain its premier
position in the academic world ?]

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