Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Indian Institutes of Technology
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## Indian Institutes of Technology

*267. DR. UDIT RAJ:

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

- (a) the total number of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the country, as on date;
- (b) out of the total number of IITs posts, teaching as well as non-teaching, the number of posts earmarked for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) category;
- (c) whether all  the  posts  earmarked  for  SC/ST  category  have  been  duly  filled up;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  IIT-wise  and  if  not,  the  reasons  for  not  filling  up those posts; and
- (e) whether post-based roster is implemented in all IITs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## 7 TH  POSITION

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018 REGARDING 'INDIAN INSTUTES OF TECHNOLOGY' RAISED BY DR. UDIT RAJ:

(a)  to  (e)  :    At  present,  there  are  23  Indian  Institutes  of  Technology  (IITs) functioning  in  various  parts  of  the  country.    IITs  strive  to  maintain  a  facultystudent ratio of 1:10 and non-faculty-student ratio of 1.1:10.  Since the strength of faculty is linked with the strength of students, the actual sanctioned strength of faculty and non-faculty fluctuates from time to time depending upon the number of students enrolled.  As on date, the sanctioned strength of faculty in all the 23 IITs is 8856, against which, 6043 faculty are in position and 2813 are vacant.  Of the 6043 faculty in position in the IITs, 149 are from the Scheduled Castes (SC), and 21 from Scheduled Tribes (STs).  The total sanctioned strength of non-faculty posts in IITs is 9465 out of which 1125 posts are reserved for SCs and 520 for STs. Against this, 888 posts are filled up by SC candidates and 275 by the STs.  The IITs-wise  position  of  faculty  and  non-faculty  staff  is  given  at  Annexure-I  and Annexure-II respectively.

IITs  follow  flexible  cadre  system  for  appointment  of  faculty.    Therefore,  the sanctioned strength of faculty at different grades i.e Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor is not fixed. Under the flexible cadre system, IITs are free to recruit any grade of faculty, depending upon requirement, availability of eligible candidates subject to the condition that the overall strength will not  exceed the standard ratio of 1:10.

Reservation in appointment of faculty in IITs is available only at entry level post of Assistant  Professors  and  Lecturers  in  Science  and  Technology  subjects.    For faculty posts in subjects other than science and technology e.g. Humanities, Social Science  and  Management  as  well  as  non-faculty  posts,  reservation  at  standard rate of 15%, 7½ % and 27% for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) respectively is fully applicable.

All the IITs maintain reservation roster and publish rolling advertisement on their website giving full details about percentage of reservation, relaxation etc.  IITs also conduct  special  recruitment  drives  to  fill  up  the  vacant  posts  including  posts earmarked for SCs and STs.

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## ANNEXURE-I

REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018 REGARDING 'INDIAN INSTUTES OF TECHNOLOGY' RAISED BY DR. UDIT RAJ:

## Details of Faculty in respect of IITs

| S.No   | Institute Name   | Sanctioned posts   | Posts earmarked for   | Posts filled   | Posts filled   |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No   | Institute Name   | Sanctioned posts   |                       | SC             | ST             |
| 1.     | IIT-Kharagpur    | 1203               | *                     | 8              | 0              |
| 2.     | IIT Bombay       | 1034               |                       | 5              | 0              |
| 3.     | IIT Madras       | 800                |                       | 13             | 2              |
| 4.     | IIT Delhi        | 776                |                       | 10             | 2              |
| 5.     | IIT Kanpur       | 694                |                       | 3              | 0              |
| 6.     | IIT Roorkee      | 745                |                       | 10             | 2              |
| 7.     | IIT Guwahati     | 596                |                       | 16             | 3              |
| 8.     | IIT BHU          | 556                |                       | 19             | 3              |
| 9.     | IIT Jodhpur      | 90                 |                       | 2              | 0              |
| 10.    | IIT Ropar        | 150                |                       | 4              | 0              |
| 11.    | IIT Indore       | 150                |                       | 2              | 0              |
| 12.    | IIT Patna        | 155                |                       | 6              | 0              |
| 13.    | IIT Gandhinagar  | 160                |                       | 1              | 0              |
| 14.    | IIT Hyderabad    | 254                |                       | 6              | 1              |
| 15.    | IIT Bhubaneswar  | 170                |                       | 4              | 0              |
| 16.    | IIT Mandi        | 125                |                       | 0              | 0              |
| 17.    | IIT(ISM) Dhanbad | 711                |                       | 29             | 6              |
| 18.    | IIT Jammu        | 93                 |                       | 1              | 0              |
| 19.    | IIT Tirupati     | 93                 |                       | 2              | 1              |
| 20.    | IIT Palakkad     | 93                 |                       | 4              | 0              |
| 21.    | IIT Dharwad      | 93                 |                       | 1              | 1              |
| 22.    | IIT Goa          | 45                 |                       | 1              | 0              |
| 23.    | IIT Bhilai       | 70                 |                       | 2              | 0              |
| Total  | Total            | 8856               |                       | 149            | 21             |

ANNEXURE-II

REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018 REGARDING 'INDIAN INSTUTES OF TECHNOLOGY' RAISED BY DR. UDIT RAJ:

## Details of Non-Faculty in respect of IITs

| S.No   | Institute Name   | Sanctioned posts   | Posts earmarked for   | Posts earmarked for   | Posts filled   | Posts filled   | Posts vacant   | Posts vacant   |
|--------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No   | Institute Name   | Sanctioned posts   | SC                    | ST                    | SC             | ST             | SC             | ST             |
| 1.     | IIT-Kharagpur    | 1323               | 189                   | 89                    | 146            | 46             | 43             | 43             |
| 2.     | IIT Bombay       | 1098               | 136                   | 89                    | 88             | 49             | 48             | 40             |
| 3.     | IIT Madras       | 874                | 94                    | 27                    | 70             | 25             | 24             | 02             |
| 4.     | IIT Delhi        | 854                | 128                   | 64                    | 117            | 13             | 11             | 51             |
| 5.     | IIT Kanpur       | 771                | 145                   | 17                    | 136            | 16             | 9              | 1              |
| 6.     | IIT Roorkee      | 902                | 150                   | 68                    | 124            | 14             | 26             | 54             |
| 7.     | IIT Guwahati     | 608                | 46                    | 63                    | 34             | 53             | 12             | 10             |
| 8.     | IIT BHU          | 612                | 60                    | 28                    | 57             | 22             | 13             | 6              |
| 9.     | IIT Jodhpur      | 99                 | 12                    | 04                    | 08             | 1              | 4              | 3              |
| 10.    | IIT Ropar        | 190                | 13                    | 04                    | 08             | 01             | 05             | 03             |
| 11.    | IIT Indore       | 127                | 09                    | 10                    | 07             | 08             | 02             | 02             |
| 12.    | IIT Patna        | 172                | 15                    | 03                    | 14             | 03             | 01             | 00             |
| 13.    | IIT Gandhinagar  | 158                | 10                    | 05                    | 09             | 03             | 01             | 02             |
| 14.    | IIT Hyderabad    | 281                | 27                    | 09                    | 07             | 01             | 20             | 08             |
| 15.    | IIT Bhubaneswar  | 123                | 08                    | 09                    | 06             | 02             | 02             | 7              |
| 16.    | IIT Mandi        | 99                 | 12                    | 2                     | 4              | 0              | 8              | 2              |
| 17.    | IIT(ISM) Dhanbad | 562                | 46                    | 23                    | 45             | 18             | 01             | 05             |
| 18.    | IIT Jammu        | 102                | 04                    | 01                    | 0              | 0              | 04             | 01             |
| 19.    | IIT Tirupati     | 102                | 05                    | 01                    | 05             | 0              | 0              | 01             |
| 20.    | IIT Palakkad     | 102                | 04                    | 01                    | 03             | 0              | 01             | 01             |
| 21.    | IIT Dharwad      | 102                | 04                    | 01                    | 0              | 0              | 4              | 1              |
| 22.    | IIT Goa          | 102                | 04                    | 01                    | 0              | 0              | 4              | 1              |
| 23.    | IIT Bhilai       | 102                | 04                    | 01                    | 0              | 0              | 4              | 1              |
| Total  | Total            | 9465               | 1125                  | 520                   | 888            | 275            | 247            | 109            |