JNUTA Opposes JNU Recruitment Drive, Demands Freeze on Teaching, Non-Teaching Posts
Ruchika Kumari | August 18, 2026 | News by Career360
JNU teachers' body demands recruitment freeze, calls for NTA to be scrapped (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) has demanded an immediate halt to all ongoing recruitment at the university. The association has alleged procedural violations in faculty appointments and has called for an independent inquiry into recruitments made since 2022.
In a statement issued today, the teachers' association said it had learnt from the final and provisional lists of shortlisted and non-shortlisted candidates displayed on the JNU website that the university had begun recruitment under Advertisement No. RC/75/2026 on August 14.
JNUTA further alleged that the recruitment process is underway despite concerns raised in a recent investigation by The Reporters' Collective (TRC), which, according to the association, was based on university documents, Right to Information (RTI) records, and dissent notes of the Executive Council.