Lucknow University to add more teaching posts in fresh advertisement

LUCKNOW: The number of teaching posts in Lucknow University (LU), that have fallen vacant due to retirement or deaths of faculty members in the past nine months, will also be included in the re-advertisement for recruitment.
This means that the number of teaching posts up for grabs will increase by at least 13. Also, there is a possibility of reshuffling in the reservation status of various posts.
LU had issued advertisements for recruitment on 180 teaching posts in September last year. However, the appointments were delayed and in the meantime new selection guidelines were issued by the chancellor of the state universities Anandiben Patel, who is also UP governor.
As a result, LU decided to cancel the earlier advertisement and re-advertise the post after incorporating the new selection norms. According to officers, about 10 more teaching posts have fallen vacant since September because of superannuation of a few teachers and death of some faculty members due to Covid-19.
"We had advertised 180 teaching posts last September, but now decided to include posts that have fallen vacant in the next advertisement," said LU vice-chancellor Prof Alok Kumar Rai.
Candidates who had applied earlier need not to apply again. However, they will get an opportunity to update their records when the recruitment portal opens for accepting more applications.
As per the government norms, the university will be taken as a unit to apply reservation roster.