Government has initiated a process to review the selection process for recruitment of teachers in view of large number of vacancies in centrally funded institutes. A committee has been set up under former UGC Chairman Arun Nigavekar to evaluate PhD-NET qualifications for appointment of teachers and to accordingly suggest a policy for selections. As per the UGC guidelines of 2009, National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) are the minimum eligibility conditions for appointment of Assistant Professors in colleges and universities. Guidelines were also enforced for PhD qualifications to be eligible for recruitment as teachers. <br/><br/>An official release said, the committee will also take into consideration the problems and issues related to adhoc and contractual appointments in central universities and would recommend to resolve them. The committee was constituted keeping in mind the larger public interest of attracting and retaining talented and quality manpower and selection of the most meritorious to the teaching profession. It has been asked to submit its report within two months.<br/><br/>The Committee would comprise former Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University Sunil Gupta, former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University B Thimme Gowda, JNU Professor Ashwini Kumar Mohapatra, Joint Secretary in the HRD Ministry S S Sandhu and former Secretary to the government Sumit Bose.