Over One-Third Of Faculty Posts At AIIMS-Delhi Vacant: RTI

Over One-Third Of Faculty Posts At AIIMS-Delhi Vacant: RTI

The institute revealed that it had advertised 172 posts of Assistant professors in 2019, but only 110 candidates joined. In 2021 and 2022, only 173 assistant professors and three associate professors at the College of Nursing joined the institute, as against 270 vacant posts that were advertised.

PTIUpdated: Monday, April 07, 2025, 10:37 AM IST
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Srinagar: Nearly 35 per cent of faculty posts are vacant in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, the premier healthcare institute has revealed.

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Responding to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the administrative officer of the faculty cell of the AIIMS-Delhi said 430 faculty seats were vacant at the institute against a sanctioned strength of 1,235.

The application was filed by RTI activist M M Shuja, who sought information about the functioning of the AIIMS Delhi in January this year. The institute provided the information to the applicant on March 18.

The institute revealed that it had advertised 172 posts of Assistant professors in 2019, but only 110 candidates joined.

In 2021 and 2022, only 173 assistant professors and three associate professors at the College of Nursing joined the institute, as against 270 vacant posts that were advertised.

There was no recruitment for regular faculty posts in 2020, 2023, 2024, and the first three months of the current year, it said.

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