colleges could have ‘professors of practice’ from the next academic session, with Maharashtra set to become one of the first states to adopt University Grants Commission guidelines on introducing the novel faculty position.
Of the 28 government colleges in the state, only eight have the post of ‘professors’-54 posts in all. Since the UGC norms recommend only 10% of the sanctioned posts to be filled by ‘professors of practice’, the state is planning to fill up five such posts. Apart from two in Mumbai, one post each will be filled in government colleges in Aurangabad, Nagpur and Amravati.
An official said the plan was to fill these posts for the 2023-24 academic session. He added that colleges were expected to advertise for the posts and fill them up at the earliest.