DU panel flags irregularities in St Stephen's College faculty recruitment
A Delhi University committee has identified irregularities in the faculty recruitment process at St. Stephen's College, citing violations of university-approved shortlisting criteria. The college maintains that its status as a minority institution allows it to treat university guidelines as advisory rather than mandatory.
Why it matters
This highlights a recurring administrative conflict between autonomous minority-run colleges and central university regulatory bodies regarding recruitment standards.
DU panel flags irregularities in St Stephen's College faculty recruitment left Premises of St Stephen’s College. File SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Hindu https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zhxwt6/article71603019.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/DU%20COLLEGE%20BOMB%20%20DELHI%202025_15_07_1.jpg SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA NEW DELHI, 15/07/2025: Premises of the St Stephen’s College, in New Delhi, on July, 15, 2025. The college in Delhi received a bomb threat through email on Tuesday, prompting a rush of emergency services at the Delhi University college and a thorough search operation by authorities, police said. , New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma /The Hindu The committee concluded that the college had made appointments in violation of the shortlisting criteria approved by the university's statutory bodies, according to its report New Delhi A Delhi University committee has flagged violations of shortlisting criteria in the recruitment of assistant professors at St Stephen's College and recommended that the institution follow the university's recruitment rules and regulations.
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