University Grants Commission, UGC Chairman launched the CU Chayan portal on Tuesday. It is a central university faculty recruitment portal designed and developed specifically for faculty recruitment in Central Universities.

UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar said that the portal will provide a common platform for listing vacancies in all central universities (CUs), and it will shift the recruitment process completely online.

“The portal will provide a single platform for candidates seeking jobs in central universities. They will register themselves on the portal and create a personalized dashboard for themselves. They will be able to track their applications in real-time, also can keep updating their application, and transfer that to any CU which has advertised faculty positions. Registered applicants will also get an auto email informing them about the new vacancies advertised by any CU,” Kumar said.

Kumar stressed that the portal was not aimed at centralizing faculty hiring for all central universities, which will “continue to have their autonomy in the recruitment process”. Some faculty unions had expressed apprehension on this count after Kumar had first floated the idea of the portal in March 2022. However, the central universities have been directed to disband their existing recruitment portals.

“The central universities will continue to advertise the positions, collect online applications, shortlist the applicants, conduct the interviews, and appoint the faculty members as they were doing earlier. All the above activities will be carried out through the admin dashboard for each university on this portal,” said Kumar.

"For the benefit of applicants, the platform offers a range of features, including a consolidated listing of job openings across all participating universities, a single login for applying to any of the universities, and personalized dashboards to help manage the application process. The applicant can also search for jobs using various filters like University name, location, designation, category, subject, type of employment, experience, education level, etc," he told ANI.

He also mentioned that the portal has been developed after consultations with all the Vice Chancellors of Central Universities.

“The CU-Chayan portal has been developed in consultation with the VCs of all CUs. Their feedback and inputs have been incorporated. The changes can be incorporated into the portal to customize to take care of the specific needs of any CU. UGC will also provide training to CUs in using this portal. From now onwards, for all recruitments, applicants have to apply only on the CU-Chayan portal. All the CUs need to de-activate their recruitment portal" he said.

Currently, all 46 central universities conduct recruitment processes through their individual portals and advertise vacancies on their official websites and newspapers.

Image source: CU Chayan