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MGAHV Wardha Recruitment 2026: Apply for Professor, Associate & Assistant Professor Posts
A central university located in Wardha, Maharashtra, becomes a new alternative for academics in search of job opportunities. Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriy Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) released Employment Notice No.: MGAHV/32/2026 on July 15, 2026, and has called for applications for 10 teaching vacancies across its multiple schools and regional units.
Gaps in the academic hierarchy are for 6 Professor positions, 2 Associate Professor posts and 2 Assistant Professor vacancies. The fields of teaching cover Linguistics, Language Technology and Language Engineering, English and Foreign Languages, Marathi, Translation Studies, Social Work and Law.
Set up in 1997 by an Act of Parliament, MGAHV is a Hindi and Indian language scholarship-based university. Its further academic footprint covers the other domains of law and social work, as well as the new area of research and teaching of the emerging discipline of computational linguistics. This is not a walk-in interview opportunity. Applications for the teaching posts should be made by accessing the CU Chayan Portal. MGAHV has been very clear that no hard copy of the application will be accepted under any circumstances.
Vacancies and How to Apply for Them
The highest number of vacancies are in the School of Language. Here, the vacant posts for Professors are in Linguistics (Unreserved), Language Technology and Language Engineering (Unreserved), English and Foreign Languages (OBC), and an Associate Professor post in the Laboratory in Informatics for Labral Arts (LILA) (OBC), and an Assistant Professor post in Language Technology and Language Engineering reserved for PwBD candidates from the Blind and Low Vision category.
In Indian Language Studies, there is one post of Professor reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) in Marathi. In the School of Translation and Interpretation, there is a vacancy for OBC (Other Backward Classes) Professor in Translation Studies, who does translation work from Hindi to another language, and has published high quality translations. Wardha Samaj Karya Sansthan has a vacancy for OBC-reserved Professor of Social Work. The School of Law has two vacancies for Associate Professors: one reserved for SC and the other for EWS (Economically Weaker Sections), and one Assistant Professor post which is unreserved.
Pay and Eligibility
The pay is in the 7th CPC Pay Matrix, and follows the structure across Level 14 for Professors and Level 13A for Associate Professors, while Assistant Professors are in Level 10. The pay for Professors ranges from Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200, while Associate Professors earn between Rs 1,31,400 and Rs 2,17,100, and Assistant Professors are paid between Rs 57,700 and Rs 1,82,400.
The UGC (University Grants Commission) Regulations, 2018, specify the qualifications, which are dependent on the post. For a post of Professor, candidates are required to have ten years of teaching and/or research experience, and high-quality publications with a score of 120 on the Research Quality Index, or other genuine outstanding achievements in the field.
Application, Fees,Timings
Application fees are Rs 1,000 for each position, with an individual payment needed for every post applied for. Applications from SC, ST and PwBD with Women candidates and MGAHV in-service staff are exempt from fee payment. However, SC/ST candidates applying for posts in the Open or General category are required to pay the fees.
The application process will start from 15th July 2026 and remain open till 17th August 2026, 23:59:59 hours. Applications submitted after this period will not be accepted. Requests to add documents or modify the choice of positions post the deadline will not be considered. The call letters for interviews will be sent via email.
Candidates are encouraged to seek clarity on any issues from MGAHV’s technical support or the recruitment cell till 10th August 2026 using the contact details provided in the official notice.
Conclusion
What is most striking in this notice is the diverse spread of positions available. A university that has been built around the Hindi scholarship tradition is advertising positions for a Computational Linguistics lab as well as a Law faculty position. This indicates the strategy of central universities to extend their academic boundaries beyond their founding mandate. The Hindi teaching requirement is worth considering for candidates, as this requirement will apply to all posts, whether affiliated to Marathi grammar teaching or contract law. There are just over three weeks before the application window shuts, so candidates considering the positions are advised to prepare their documentation, research scores, and NOCs (if applicable) without delay.
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