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Switzerland.

About 35 faculty members with various subject specializations are holding permanent teaching
position in the School. In addition, 10 faculty members from other Schools of the institute and 9

Adjunct Professors including Professors from foreign countries are also serving as teaching
faculty. About 74% of the faculty qualified NET from either ASRB or UGC or CSIR. The

consolidated count of faculty members in VAIAL is given in Table 1.

Table 1. Faculty Strength in VAIAL
Faculty
S. No. Sanctioned Faculty Faculty in Place Vacant Position recommended by

the ICAR

1 Professor 4 - 03
2 Associate Professor 8 - 8

3 Assistant Professor 23 - 34

4 Faculty from other 10 - -
departments*
5 Adjunct Faculty 9 - -

* Faculty from School of Advanced Sciences (Mathematics) – 2; School of Social Sciences and
Languages (English and Soft Skills) – 4; Department of Physical Education (Physical Education, Yoga,
NCC and NSS) – 4. Adding the faculty from other departments, the total number of Assistant Professors
in place is 33.

The details about the department wise faculty strength in VAIAL are furnished in Table 2.

Table 2. Department/Section Wise Faculty Strength in VAIAL
Filled Minimum
Departments Prof. Assoc. Asst. Total requirement as
Prof. Prof. per ICAR
Agronomy + (Agro Forestry) - - 3 3 5
Agricultural Economics + (Basic
Economics, Maths & Computer - - 2+2* 4 5
Science and Statistics)
Agriculture Extension &
Communication + (Sociology and - 1 2+4* 7 3
Psychology, English, Soft Skills)
Entomology - - 2 2 2
Genetics & Plant Breeding + (Seed
Science & Technology) 1 1 2 4 3
Horticulture + (Food Science & - 2 4 6 4
Technology)

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