Patna: The Bihar State University Service Commission (BSUSC) will appoint over 4,000 assistant professors across various subjects in universities and colleges of the state within the next six months, according to its chairman Girish Kumar Chaudhary. Chaudhary said the commission has expedited pending appointments by arranging interviews and prioritizing subjects with larger vacancies to alleviate the shortage of teachers.
The commission resumed interviews for assistant professor positions about a month ago, following a prolonged hiatus.It has already announced selections in subjects like psychology, Urdu and Maithili. Interviews for 261 mathematics positions will begin on July 22. The schedule for other subjects is being finalized, Chaudhary said. In September 2020, the BSUSC advertised 4,638 assistant professor posts across 52 subjects in 13 state universities.

Although interviews started in July 2021, only around 600 appointments have been made due to legal hurdles. The commission has recommended candidates for over two dozen subjects with smaller vacancies. Chaudhary said efforts are being made to complete all pending appointments by the end of this year.
Subject-wise vacancies from the advertisement include sociology (424), English (253), Urdu (100), Persian (14), Maithili (43), Sanskrit (76), Hindi (292), history (316), ancient Indian history and archaeology (55), home science (83), personnel management and industrial relations (18), geography (142), political science (280), economics (268), philosophy (144), public administration (108), rural development (12), physics (300), chemistry (300), botany (332), mathematics (333), zoology (261), music (285), Bangla (23), Arabic (2), environmental science (26), commerce (104), literature (112), vyakaran (31), astrology (36), karmkand (17), dharmshashtra (5), Purana (9), darshan (3), Ambedkar thoughts (9), anthropology (4), geology (5), Gandhian thoughts (5), law (2), Angika (15), statistics (4), education (17), biochemistry (10), electronics (1), Pali (12), Prakrit (22), Nepali (10) and Russian (1).

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