Archive · 5 Dec 2025
Over 8320 teaching positions filled in Central Universities since 2022
Since September 2022, more than 8320 teaching positions have been filled in Central Universities in India.
This includes 1129 posts for Scheduled Castes (SC), 551 for Scheduled Tribes (ST), 1917 for Other Backward Classes (OBC), and 420 for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has created a new website called CU-Chayan to help universities find and hire teachers more easily.
They also asked universities to post job openings regularly throughout the year to make sure they can find enough qualified teachers.
Over 8320 teaching positions filled in Central Universities since September 2022.
1129 SC, 551 ST, 1917 OBC, and 420 EWS posts filled.
UGC set up a unified recruitment portal called CU-Chayan in 2023.
Portal provides a common platform for listing vacancies, advertisements, and jobs.
Central universities asked to publish rolling advertisements throughout the year.
- Who
- University Grants Commission (UGC) and Central Universities
- What
- Filling of teaching positions and setting up of a unified recruitment portal
- When
- Since September 2022
- Where
- Central Universities in India
- Why
- To address the difficulties faced in getting eligible candidates and to streamline the recruitment process
- Total positions filled
- 8320
- SC posts filled
- 1129
- ST posts filled
- 551
- OBC posts filled
- 1917
- EWS posts filled
- 420
- Recruitment portal
- CU-Chayan
- Portal purpose
- Common platform for listing vacancies, advertisements, and jobs across all Central Universities
- Rolling advertisements
- Published throughout the year to address difficulties in getting eligible candidates