Hyderabad, April 4 --  Walk into any department at Osmania University these days and you're likely to find something integral missing: A professor.

The university has not held a single faculty recruitment drive since 2013. Of the 1,300 sanctioned professor posts, only 300 are filled. The Telangana government is yet to issue a recruitment notification.

A Patrick, the university's Public Relations Officer (PRO), confirmed with Siasat.com. "I joined the university in 2007. The last recruitment drive was conducted in 2013," he said. Patrick himself joined as an assistant professor, was later promoted to associate professor, a position he held for two years. 

He acknowledged that most posts remain vacant and added that other ...