Lok Sabha Question No. 3613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Vacancy of Faculties in HEIs
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3613 ANSWERED ON-11/08/2025

## Vacancy of Faculties in HEIs

## †3613   Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of sanctioned posts of faculties and non-faculties in National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology  (IIITs),  Universities,  Indian  Institutes  of  Science  Education  and  Research (IISERs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Super Specialities and Medical Institutions across the country;
- (b) the total number of faculty and non-faculty posts lying vacant during the last five years, Statewise; and
- (c)     the steps taken by the Government to fill these posts during last three years?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (c): The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 has cited teachers and faculty as the heart of  the  learning  process,  and  states  this  as  one  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Education System  at  large,  including  the  recruitments,  continuous  professional  developments,  positive working environments and service conditions.

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  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs),  Other  Backward  Classes (OBCs) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS). So far, a total of 28,450 posts have been filled up including 16,507 faculty positions in Mission Mode by all CHEIs. This includes total filled up posts of 6551 in NITs, 7092 in IITs, 565 in IIITs, 592 in IISERs and IISc and 12240 in Central Universities.

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

The  CHEIs  under  Ministry  of  Education  including  National  Institutes  of  Technology  (NITs), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), Indian Institutes  of  Science  Education  and  Research  (IISERs),  Indian  Institute  of  Science  (IISc), Bengaluru and Central Universities, are statutory autonomous institutions established under their respective  Central  Acts  of  Parliament  and  are  governed  by  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the Statutes/Ordinances/Regulations made thereunder.

Similarly, creation of posts in Super Specialties 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.

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