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Employee engagement is the term which has gained prominence recently. It is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work. Though earlier, employee engagement was considered important in the corporate world, it is now that a serious thought is given to satisfaction and engagement of people working in the field of higher education. This is so because with increase in number of colleges, coming up of private, autonomous colleges and deemed universities, it is now an industry in itself. The teaching faculty plays a vital role in an education system. Stress is going in for online teaching, in addition to offline teaching. They are not only required to teach but also undertake various administrative activities too. The quality of education will improve provided they become engaged employees. The present study is taken up by researchers among the faculty members working in higher education in 3 talukas of Jalgaon District coming under Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashta University. An online questionnaire was circulated, which were then analysed to understand the think, behave and feel of the teaching staff. A through study of secondary data to understand the topic helped prepare the questionnaire. Through the analysis various suggestions were made which would held the educational institutes in higher education improve the level of employee engagement.