OPSC Recruitment 2021: Apply for 504 vacancies for Assistant Professor posts at Odisha varsities

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) invited online applications from interested eligible candidates for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors in different State public universities. The commission released an official notification in this regard on its website.

The process for online registration will begin on February 15, 2021. Interested eligible candidates will be able to apply for the posts online at http://opsc.gov.in on or before March 14, 2021.

The commission is conducting the recruitment drive to fill 504 vacancies for the posts of Assistant Professors. Out of the total vacancies, 48 positions are for Utkal University, 28 for Sambalpur University, 35 for Berhampur University, 64 for Kalahandi University, 14 for Fakir Mohan University, 34 for Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo University, 106 for Ravenshaw University, 63 for Rama Devi Women’s University, 23 for Gangadhar Mehr University, five for Khallikote University, 72 for Rajendra University and 12 for Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University.

Educational Qualification:

A candidate must possess a Master’s Degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/relevant/allied subject from an Indian University or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. A relaxation of 5% shall be allowed for candidates belonging to Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe/PWD candidates.

Also, a candidate must clear the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or the CSIR or a similar test accredited by the UGC.

Click here for the detailed notification for the Assistant Professor positions