Lok Sabha Question No. 2348 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Vacancies in NITs, IITs and Medical Institutions
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Raja A

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2348 ANSWERED ON-04/08/2025

## Vacancies in NITs, IITs and Medical Institutions

## 2348 Shri Raja A:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  sanctioned  posts  in  National  Institutes  of  Technology  (NITs) and Indian Institutes  of  Technology  (IITs),  Super  Specialties  and  Medical Institutions across the country;
- (b) whether a large number of posts including reserved categories are lying vacant in aboveinstitutions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the steps taken by Government to fill vacant posts during the last three years;
- (e) whether any special drive conducted to fill up the reserved category seats; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (f): Thirty-one National Institutes of  Technology  (NITs),Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST), and twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are presently functioning in the country as autonomous Institutions of National Importance,governed by the provisions of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007, and the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, respectively, along with the Statutes framed under the respective Acts.

The sanction of faculty and non-faculty posts in these institutions is done on the basis of faculty-to-student ratio of 1:12 for NITs and 1:10 for IITs, as well as a faculty-to-nonfaculty ratio of 1:1.1 for both categories of institutions. This is a dynamic and continuous process, subject to periodic review in accordance with institutional requirements.

In  2019,  reservation  at  the  Associate  Professor  and  Professor  levels  was  introduced  in NITs  and  IITs,  for  the  first  time  through  the  enactment  of  the  Central  Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019. Recruitment in these institutions is  undertaken in compliance with the provisions of the said Act. This Act removes the difficulty regarding the reservation of posts in appointment by treating University/Central Educational  Institution  as  a  unit  for  the  purpose  of  reservation  instead  of  individual departments.  Posts  reserved  for  a  particular  category  can  only  be  filled  by  eligible persons  of  that  particular  category;  any  unfilled  post  belonging  to  any  of  the  reserved category will continue to be re-advertised as backlog vacancy in that particular reserved category in next cycle(s) of recruitment until filled.

Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due  to  promotion,  retirement,  resignation,  death,  schemes  or  projects,  and  additional requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students'  strength  and  expansion  of  capacity  in existing institutions.

In  August,  2021,  all  Central  Higher  Education  Institutions  (CHEIs)  under  Ministry  of Education  were  requested  to  undertake  special  drive  to  fill  backlog  vacancies  in  their institutions. From September 2022, all CHEIs have undertaken Mission Mode recruitment drive to fill the vacancies including those of SCs, STs, OBCs, and EWS. Up to 12.07.2025 (i.e. the date of last RozgarMela), a total number of 28,450 posts have been filled up including 16,507 faculty positions in Mission Mode by all CHEIs. This includes a total of 6551 posts filled up in NITs including 4223 faculty positions and a total of 7092 posts filled up in IITs including 2896 faculty positions.

Similarly, recruitment and creation of posts in Super Speciality and Medical Institutions is an ongoing process, depending on the availability of qualified candidates, reservation roster, the institute's location, etc. Institutes also hire staff on a contractual or outsourced basis  as  per  need.  To  speed  up  filling  vacancies,  several  steps  have  been  taken  by  the Government  including  setting  up  Standing  Selection  Committee  at  each  AIIMS  for faculty recruitment, conducting Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) and Institute of National Importance Super Specialty (INI-SS) exams twice a year to select Junior and Senior Residents (Academic) for AIIMS, conducting Centralized Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET) by AIIMS Delhi twice yearly for recruitment of Nursing Officers for  AIIMS  and  Central  Government Hospitals., and holding Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) by AIIMS Delhi for Group B and C non-faculty posts across AIIMS and Central Government hospitals.