Telangana universities to recruit 429 assistant professors; notifications on December 1

Seven Telangana State universities will recruit 429 assistant professors, with notifications scheduled for December 1. Applications will be accepted from December 2 to 22, and the selection process, including assessments and interviews, is expected to conclude by April 30, 2027

Hyderabad: Seven state universities are set to roll out notifications for recruitment to 429 assistant professors on December 1 and complete selections by April 30. As per preliminary recruitment schedule, the online applications will be accepted from December 2 to 22, with application scrutiny is scheduled from December 23 to January 30, 2027.

A list of provisional eligible/ineligible will be published on February 1 and objections, if any, can be raised between February 1 and 5. These objections will be examined between February 6 and 10, and the final list will be released on February 10.

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Initially, applications will be screened by a committee constituted by the Telangana Council of Higher Education. Following this, the universities will hold demonstration and domain knowledge assessment of shortlisted candidates between February 11 and 28, followed by interviews of shortlisted candidates from March 1 to April 10. Finalisation of merit lists, verification of reservation claims and roster compliance will be done between April 11 and 21. Selection lists will be approved and appointment orders will be issued by April 30.

Earlier, the government approved recruitment to 429 assistant professor vacancies, with 252 in Osmania University, 49 in Kakatiya University, 2 in Telangana University, 49 in Satavahana University, 45 in Palamuru University, 16 each in Dr BR Ambedkar Open University and Suravaram Pratap Reddy Telugu university.