<span style="color: #222222;">Around 2000 vacancies of Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors in Central Universities and Central Higher Education Institutions have been filled last year. This was informed by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan while replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour today.<br />''<br />''He said around 30 percent of such posts are vacant in these Central Universities and institutions and steps are being taken for recruitment. In another question on Aligarh Muslim University's Centre in Kishanganj, Bihar, the Minister said only half hearted steps were taken during previous government in 2010 in this regard.</span><br />