India, Feb. 28 -- The state government has approved the long-pending recruitment process for teaching positions in higher education universities and has introduced a new method of recruitment to ensure transparency and fairness, announced Chandrakant Patil, state higher and technical education minister.

As many as 1166 posts are vacant across the universities in the state, the highest being 211 at the University of Mumbai. In October 2024, the government began recruitment for 659 posts across the universities, but the process was stalled in the same month after Governor C P Radhakrishnan imposed a stay on teacher appointments across universities in the state. Following discussions about recruitment, the government has now formulated a st...