Problems of Faculty Recruitment:A Case of New Central Universities

The lack of quality teaching faculty is one amongst the many issues confronting the higher education system in India. An ambitious plan of establishing centrally funded institutions of higher education (e.g. Central Universities, IISER, IITs, NITs), at least one in each state of the country, is being implemented. However, lack of planning, idiosyncratic attitude of the bureaucracy and governing agencies and lackluster behaviour of the concerned state governments have hampered the growth of newly established Central Universities.