Lok Sabha Question No. 2396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-13
Subject: Reserved Vacant Posts in Central Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2021

## Reserved Vacant Posts in Central Universities

## 2396. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of sanctioned posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other Backward Classes (OBCs) in all Central Universities and research institutions;
- (b) the total number of reserved posts for SCs, STs and OBCs in the same;
- (c) whether these reserved posts are lying vacant for quite some time;
- (d) if so, the details thereof indicating the time period the posts have been remained vacant along with the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the appropriate steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) & (b) The  total  number  of  Teaching  and  Non-teaching  sanctioned  posts  reserved  for Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs)  in  Central Universities & Research Institutes in Ministry of Education are as below:-

| Institutions/Institute                              | Sanctioned Post       | Sanctioned Post       | Sanctioned Post       |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|                                                     | SCs                   | STs                   | OBCs                  |
| Central Universities                                | 5746                  | 3219                  | 7950                  |
| Research Institutions                               | Research Institutions | Research Institutions | Research Institutions |
| Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research | 76                    | 20                    | 168                   |
| Indian Council of Social Science Research           | 19                    | 7                     | 25                    |
| Indian Council of Historical Research               | 16                    | 5                     | 20                    |
| Indian Council of Philosophical Research            | 15                    | 5                     | 7                     |
| Indian Institute of Advanced Study                  | 28                    | 7                     | 15                    |
| Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education  | 0                     | 0                     | 0                     |

(c)  to  (e)  Occurrence  of  vacancies  and  filling  up  of  posts  is  a  continuous  process  and  Institutions publish  rolling/need  based  advertisements  to  fill  the  vacant  positions  following  the  due  process. Ministry of Education time to time instructs institutions to follow the provisions of reservation while filling  the  vacancies,  including  the  vacancies  of  SC/ST/OBC.  All  Higher  Educational  Institutions functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of Education have been instructed to fill faculty positions that are lying vacant especially in the SC/ST/OBC/EWS category in their institutions, by way of a special drive and in a Mission Mode manner within a period of one year starting from 5 th September, 2021 to 4 th  September, 2022.

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