Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Bihar Forms Panel to Review Assistant Professor Recruitment System
Bihar has created a committee to examine how assistant professors are hired at state universities.
The committee will study the current recruitment system.
It may suggest broad changes to improve the system.
Retired officials Amarjit Sinha and Sanjay Kumar are on the panel.
Physicist H C Verma is also a member.
Two other members will complete the five-person committee.
Sanjay Kumar will serve as the committee’s member secretary.
The group will examine age limits, eligibility rules, exams, interviews, and guest lecturer-related issues.
Bihar has formed a high-level committee to review assistant professor recruitment in state universities.
The panel will recommend comprehensive reforms to the existing recruitment structure.
Retired IAS officers Amarjit Sinha and Sanjay Kumar are committee members.
Padma Shri-winning physicist H C Verma is also serving on the five-member panel.
The review will cover age, eligibility, examinations, interviews, weighting of criteria, and guest lecturers.
- Who
- A five-member committee including Amarjit Sinha, Sanjay Kumar, H C Verma, and two other members.
- What
- A review of Bihar’s system for recruiting assistant professors in state universities, followed by recommendations for comprehensive reforms.
- When
- The committee’s formation was announced on Saturday; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- State universities in Bihar.
- Why
- To examine the recruitment process and recommend reforms to its rules and procedures.
- Committee size
- Five members
- Named members
- Retired IAS officers Amarjit Sinha and Sanjay Kumar, and physicist H C Verma
- Member secretary
- Sanjay Kumar, additional secretary (university) in the governor’s secretariat
- Recruitment areas under review
- Age, eligibility criteria, examinations, interviews, and the relative weight of different parameters
- Additional issue
- The committee will examine issues involving guest lecturers
- Expected outcome
- Recommendations for comprehensive reforms
