KARIMNAGAR: Shortage of teaching staff seems to have taken a toll on the functioning of the Satavahana University. There are only two professors while the remaining seven are retired ones from different universities working as adjunct professors. The regular professors are have been teaching chemistry and business management while the other subjects including Commerce, Botany, Urdu, Economics, English, Telugu and Mathematics are adjusted through adjunct professors.
It is learnt that post of assistant professors for 16 departments are vacant. Assistant professors have been working on contractor basis only.. Due to shortage of posts, the varsity has not yet got 12 B status. The university authorities have been awaiting a response to the proposal on 12 B status.Recently, the government allotted 40 posts for varsity-- nine professors, 16 associate professors and 15 assistant professors.
SU still running under in-charge VC
In 2008, Kakatiya university was bifurcated and established as Satavahana University. For the last three years, the varsity has been running under the administration of in-charge vice-chancellor. After vice-chancellor K Veera Reddy retired in April, 2015 since then there has been no regular VC appointed. GHMC commissioner was appointed as in-charge VC for Satavahana University. He worked till August 2017 and later HMDA commissioner T Chiranjeevulu was appointed as in-charge VC.