VDU Guest Faculty Recruitment 2026

VDU Guest Faculty Recruitment 2026: Overview

Vikram Dev University (VDU) is arranging a walk-in for temporary faculty engagement in its Political Science and Hindi departments at Jeypore. The university can engage retired Associate Professors, Professors, Adjunct Professors, Professors Emeritus, Professors of Practice, Assistant Professors or Guest Faculty against teaching positions that are awaiting regular recruitment. This is a stop-gap academic arrangement rather than an appointment to a regular cadre.

The engagement follows the framework issued by the Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha, together with the applicable University Grants Commission norms. It gives experienced teachers and subject specialists a way to contribute to university teaching while the regular posts remain unfilled. Candidates should choose the faculty category that matches their qualifications and professional background, because the university applies different qualification and honorarium rules to candidates with and without a PhD.

Posts and Disciplines

• Political Science: the role supports teaching and related academic work in the university's Political Science department, including course delivery, examinations and student research guidance.
• Hindi: the role is for Hindi teaching and the connected academic work of the department, with the same temporary-engagement framework.

For both disciplines, UGC norms for the relevant faculty category guide the academic assessment. The notice also creates routes for a Professor of Practice or an Adjunct Professor where the candidate's professional standing fits those categories. A Professor of Practice may be assessed on substantial professional contribution rather than a conventional academic career alone.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Temporary tenure: the engagement can run for up to six months or end earlier when regular recruitment is completed.
• Performance review: continuation depends on satisfactory work assessed through a quarterly review.
• Retired faculty: teaching may continue only up to the age permitted in the notice and remains subject to periodic performance review.
• Workload: faculty members handle teaching, examinations and research guidance; an administrative assignment may be added when the monthly teaching load crosses the stated threshold.
• Academic contribution: suitably qualified faculty may guide undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, join academic or research committees, and take part in conferences and continuing-education activities.
• Role boundary: engaged faculty cannot hold administrative or financial responsibility in the university.
• Payment conditions: the honorarium is class-based, capped monthly and subject to statutory deductions; no additional financial benefits are provided.
• University discretion: the university may change the positions or leave a position unfilled, and canvassing can disqualify a candidate.

Application Submission Notes

The walk-in will be held in the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Vikram Dev University, Jeypore. Political Science candidates report for the morning session, while Hindi candidates report for the afternoon session. Use the bio-data proforma enclosed with the notification and bring the originals specified in the notice along with self-attested copies; the interview board may refuse entry when the required record is incomplete.

The university will not pay TA or DA for attending the walk-in. Check the university website before travelling because any later addendum or correction will appear there, and make sure the details claimed in your bio-data can be supported by the original records presented to the board.

• Teach Political Science or Hindi courses assigned by the department
• Conduct examinations and support fair academic assessment
• Guide undergraduate and postgraduate student research where qualified
• Prepare course material and keep academic work on schedule
• Support approved research and continuing-education activities
• Join academic or research committees when needed
• Deliver guest lectures and take part in seminars or workshops