Lok Sabha Question No. 100 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Faculty Positions in CUs and HEIs
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.100 ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## 'Faculty Positions in CUs and HEIs'

## *100    SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of faculty positions sanctioned, filled and vacant in Central Universities, IITs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs and IISER as on 31 October, 2024; (b) the reasons for large number of vacancies in faculty positions across Centrally funded Higher Education Institutions; and (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to fill up such vacancies,
- including vacancies reserved for SCs, STs, OBCs and persons with Disabilities?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  of  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  100  ANSWERED  ON  02.12.2024  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  VIJAY  KUMAR  HANSDAK  REGARDING FACULTY POSITIONS IN CUs AND HEIs

(a)  to  (c)  The  Central  Higher  Education  Institutions  (CHEIs)  under  Ministry  of  Education including Central Universities (CUs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National  Institute of  Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Management  (IIMs)  and  Indian  Institute  of  Science  Education  and  Research  (IISERs)  are statutory autonomous organizations established under respective Central Acts of Parliament and governed by provisions of the Acts/ Statutes/ Ordinances/ Regulations made thereunder. These institutions follow specific faculty/ student ratio as per relevant regulations and their statutes. As autonomous institutions, faculty recruitment is done within the institutions, in accordance with their Acts and Regulations.

Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to promotion, retirement, resignation, death, opening of new institutions, schemes or projects, and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength and expansion of capacity in existing institutions. Measures have been taken to attract quality faculties which includes yearround open advertisements, recruitment through search-cum-selection procedures, special recruitment drive, mission mode recruitment and invitation to alumni/scientists/ faculty, etc.

The Government notified the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act,  2019  on  09.07.2019  to  provide  for  the  reservation  of  posts  in  appointments  of  persons belonging  to  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes,  the  socially  and  educationally backward classes and the economically weaker sections, to teachers' cadre in these CHEIs. The reservation is provided in teachers cadre to the extent of 15% for SCs, 7.5% for STs, 27% for socially and educationally backward classes and 10% for Economically weaker sections, as per notification dated 12.7.2019 issued in pursuance of the said Act.

Ministry of Education had directed all the CHEIs to fill up the vacancies in Mission Mode. The CHEIs undertake special recruitment drives to fill the vacancies including those of Scheduled

Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs).  From  September 2022, CUs, IITs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs and IISER have also undertaken Mission Mode recruitment drive  to  fill  the  vacancies  including  those  of  SC,  ST  and  OBC  and  also  PwD  as  well.  Up  to 29.10.2024,  a  total  number  of  25,777  posts  have  been  filled  up  including  15,139  faculty positions, in Mission Mode by all CHEIs. A total number of 25257 vacancies have been filled up by CUs, IITs, IIITs, NITs, IIMs, IISERs and IISc Bangalore collectively, out of which 15047 are faculty positions including 1869 SC, 739 ST, 3089 OBC and 254 PwD.

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