64 faculty posts vacant at AIIMS Jammu: Govt

New Delhi, Feb 6: Sixty-four faculty posts are lying vacant at AIIMS Jammu, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
In a written reply to an unstarred question, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said that AIIMS Jammu has 183 sanctioned faculty positions, of which 119 are currently in position, while the remaining posts are vacant.
The ministry said that the creation and filling of posts is a continuous process and several measures have been taken to expedite recruitment across AIIMS institutions, including AIIMS Jammu. These include the constitution of standing selection committees, engagement of retired faculty on a contractual basis and the visiting faculty scheme.
The Minister said that common recruitment examinations and national-level entrance tests are being conducted regularly to fill both faculty and non-faculty positions in AIIMS institutions across the country. (KNO)