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In 2019, the Parliament passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, which provides for reservation of teaching positions in central educational

institutions for persons belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and EWS. As per the RTI data, among all the reservation groups, general category positions have the least vacancy share. To put it simply,

there are only 1,666 vacant posts out of 10,864 in the general category. However, if we total the social-based reserved categories (SC, ST, OBC), out of the 7,139 seats, 2,744 seats (38

percent) remain vacant. In non-teaching post vacancies, there's a 47 percent vacancy in the general category, and 48 percent vacancy in the reserved seats. Half (1,011) of the 2,009

sanctioned posts under ST category remain vacant, while 43.1 percent of SC posts are yet to be filled up, data shows. * As of 1 July 2024, 12.24 percent of the total sanctioned seats

(18,940) in teaching posts are allocated to SCs, as opposed to the mandated 15 percent. * The share of total ST category is at 6.15 percent as opposed to the mandated 7.5 percent. * The

share of total OBC faculty at any level (professor, associate professor and assistant professor) is at 19.2 percent, lower than the constitutionally mandated 27 percent. In 2023, it was 18.5

percent, and in 2022, it was 18 percent. Speaking to THE QUINT, Kiran Kumar Gowd, a PhD research scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, and national

president, All India OBC Students Association, listed out three reasons leading to discrimination in central universities. _THE QUINT REACHED OUT TO UGC VICE-CHAIRMAN DEEPAK KUMAR

SRIVASTAVA, SECRETARY MANOJ JOSHI AND JOINT SECRETARY JITENDRA TRIPATHI VIA EMAILS FOR A RESPONSE ON THE RTI FINDINGS. THIS STORY WILL BE UPDATED IF/WHEN THEY RESPOND._ In May 2023, the UGC

had launched a portal called CU-Chayan to ensure that all vacancies for teaching positions are advertised by the universities on a single platform. _THE HINDU_ reported 47,154 profile

creations as of January 2024, with states like Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal recording the highest number of applicants.