Lok Sabha Question No. 2015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Vacant Posts in IIMs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NITYANAND RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2015 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016

## Vacant Posts in IIMs

## †2015.    SHRI NITYANAND RAI:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of posts lying vacant in the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country, Institute-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed any scheme for filling the vacant posts without any time tag and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  Ph.D.  scholars  in  IIM  for  making eligible persons available to fill the vacant post of faculty members and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a): As  per  information  received  from  the  Institutes,  the  details  of  vacant  posts  in  various Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are as under:

|   S. No | Name of the IIM     |   No. of Vacancy in Teaching posts |   No. of Vacancy in Non-teaching posts |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | IIM Ahmedabad       |                                 16 |                                      5 |
|       2 | IIM Calcutta        |                                 20 |                                    295 |
|       3 | IIM Bangalore       |                                 32 |                                      6 |
|       4 | IIM Indore          |                                 58 |                                     37 |
|       5 | IIM Lucknow         |                                 20 |                                      8 |
|       6 | IIM Kozhikode       |                                 17 |                                     21 |
|       7 | IIM Shillong        |                                  9 |                                      5 |
|       8 | IIM Ranchi          |                                 20 |                                     12 |
|       9 | IIM Rohtak          |                                 16 |                                      7 |
|      10 | IIM Udaipur         |                                  4 |                                      7 |
|      11 | IIM Raipur          |                                  0 |                                      5 |
|      12 | IIM Kashipur        |                                  0 |                                     12 |
|      13 | IIM Tiruchirappalli |                                  0 |                                      6 |

The process of recruitment of regular teaching and non-teaching posts in the six new IIMs (IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Nagpur and IIM Visakhapatnam) established in 2015-16 and IIM Jammu established during 2016-17, have been initiated.

- (b): Recruitment of posts is a continuous ongoing process and institutes recruit the faculty and non-faculty  as  per  their  individual  requirement  and  make  optimum  use  of  faculty  by  a  mix  of permanent, contract and Visiting/Guest faculty and non-faculty on regular and contractual basis.
- (c): The  IIMs  have  been  asked  to  increase  the  number  of  doctoral  students,  depending  on existing space availability and infrastructure.

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