150 posts in BMC colleges to be filled through ads

The state government on Thursday facilitated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to fill up the 150 vacant posts of professors and associate professors in its four medical colleges through advertisement and direct interviews. After this significant move by the state government, the BMC administration no longer needs to depend on the time-consuming selection procedure through Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC).

At present, in civic-run medical colleges 90 per cent professors are recruited on a temporary basis who will be now regularised, said Director of Medical education, Dr Avinash Supe. Until now, the civic body had to fill 50 per cent posts through the MPSC and 50 per cent through promotion. As the MPSC selection procedure was time-consuming and promotion faced hurdles like seniority or caste reservation, many posts were left vacant across the four BMC-run medical colleges.

There are 200 posts for professor of which 50 are lying idle and 450 posts for associate professor of which 100 are vacant. According to Dr Supe, “We widely welcome the cabinet decision. We (BMC) also asked the state to facilitate the process to recruit professors through advertisements for our medical colleges.”