About 40% of faculty posts vacant in varsities

Close to 40% faculty positions in the country's higher educational institutes are vacant. While central institutions and institutes of national importance had a better student to faculty ratio, state public universities took the brunt of the shortage, experts said. 
B Venkatesh Kumar, professor and chairperson, centre for public policy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, said there are two reasons for the lack of good faculty. More...