Lok Sabha Question No. 788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Student-Faculty Ratio at IIT
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Student-Faculty Ratio at IIT

## 788.   DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  faculty  members  employed  by  Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) with a breakup of reserved  categories and the number of vacancies at each IIT;
- (b) the student to faculty ratio at each IIT;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to address the number of vacancies and reach a more effective student to faculty ratio and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is considering relaxation of reservation requirements in order to fill the vacancies and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken  measures  to  increase  the  pool  of candidates  who  can  fulfil  the  qualification  requirements  from  reserved categories by providing incentives of any sort and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) & (b): The details are at ANNEXURE.
- (c)  to  (e):  IITs  are  autonomous  institutes  governed  by  the  Institutes  of Technology Act, 1961 and the Statutes framed there under from time to time. Filling up  of vacancies is a continuous  process  and  IITs issue rolling Advertisement, which is open throughout the year for all candidates, who fulfill the required qualifications and experience for faculty positions in IITs.

Ministry of Education has requested all IITs to fill up the vacancies in faculty cadre  through  Special  Recruitment  Drive  in  Mission  Mode.  The  Ministry  has asked  IITs  to  follow  the  reservation  as  per  Central  Education  Institutes (Reservation  in  Teacher's  Cadre)  Act,  2019.  In  Ph.D  programme,  candidates from reserved categories are given relaxation in qualifying marks, application fees during admission process and granted fellowship so as to increase the pool of candidates available for the faculty posts in IITs.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (A) AND (B) OF THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022 ASKED  BY  DR.  SHASHI  THAROOR,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT, REGARDING 'STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO AT IIT'

|   Sl. No. | Name of IIT       |   Total Faculty in position* |   Faculty from reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC & EWS) |   Total Vacant Faculty post | Student : Faculty ratio   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | IIT Bombay        |                          693 |                                                   26 |                         532 | 18:1                      |
|         2 | IIT Delhi         |                          703 |                                                   46 |                          73 | 15:1                      |
|         3 | IIT Guwahati      |                          433 |                                                   39 |                         296 | 17:1                      |
|         4 | IIT Kanpur        |                          484 |                                                   35 |                         351 | 19:1                      |
|         5 | IIT Kharagpur     |                          711 |                                                   43 |                         815 | 21:1                      |
|         6 | IIT Madras        |                          604 |                                                   82 |                         396 | 19:1                      |
|         7 | IIT Roorkee       |                          504 |                                                   71 |                         296 | 19:1                      |
|         8 | IIT(BHU) Varanasi |                          319 |                                                   47 |                         289 | 23:1                      |
|         9 | IIT Bhubaneswar   |                          125 |                                                   22 |                         115 | 22:1                      |
|        10 | IIT Gandhinagar   |                          115 |                                                    8 |                          45 | 16:1                      |
|        11 | IIT Hyderabad     |                          258 |                                                   41 |                         132 | 15:1                      |
|        12 | IIT Indore        |                          169 |                                                   47 |                          81 | 14:1                      |
|        13 | IIT Jodhpur       |                          191 |                                                   28 |                          65 | 17:1                      |
|        14 | IIT Mandi         |                          128 |                                                   11 |                          73 | 16:1                      |
|        15 | IIT Patna         |                          122 |                                                   14 |                         100 | 21:1                      |
|        16 | IIT Ropar         |                          161 |                                                   28 |                          69 | 16:1                      |
|        17 | IIT Tirupati      |                          102 |                                                   25 |                          18 | 12:1                      |
|        18 | IIT Palakkad      |                           96 |                                                   17 |                          24 | 13:1                      |
|        19 | IIT Jammu         |                           89 |                                                   18 |                          31 | 12:1                      |
|        20 | IIT Bhilai        |                           63 |                                                   12 |                          43 | 12:1                      |
|        21 | IIT Goa           |                           53 |                                                   12 |                          40 | 13:1                      |
|        22 | IIT Dharwad       |                           54 |                                                   15 |                          39 | 13:1                      |
|        23 | IIT(ISM) Dhanbad  |                          334 |                                                   92 |                         447 | 21:1                      |

*excluding adjunct and  visiting faculty