Lok Sabha Question No. 31 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Fake Faculty in Private Technical Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 31 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015

## Fake Faculty in Private Technical Colleges

## 31. SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the faculty system is rampant in the private technical colleges;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  considering  of  making  it  mandatory  to collect the PAN and Aadhaar details of the faculty to curtail fake faculty;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the total number of colleges that have been identified with fake faculty across the country and the action initiated against those colleges by All India Council for Technical Education?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)  (b)  &  (c): In  some  cases,  duplication  of  names  of  faculty  in  the  database  of some  of  the  technical  institutions  have  been  found.  All  India  Council  for Technical Education (AICTE) initiated action for updating the faculty details of all the technical institutions alongwith their PAN and AADHAR Card on its  web portal to avoid duplication of faculty.  About 33.85% of the faculty have submitted their AADHAR Card details. The percentage of faculty with PAN Card details uploaded on AICTE website is 73.91%.  Efforts are being made to obtain data of every faculty.
- (d) :   State-wise details of colleges that have been identified with duplicate faculty across the country are at Annexure.  In case, an institute fails to adhere to norms  laid down  for 'Faculty Requirements  and  Cadre  Ratio' , an appropriate  action is initiated as prescribed  in  the  Approval  Process Handbook, which could include withdrawal of approval.

Annexure as referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 31 for reply on 30.11.2015 asked by SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY regarding Fake Faculty in Private Technical Colleges.

| Sl. No.   | State          |   No. of AICTE approved institutes |   Total Number of faculty as per online data |   No. of duplicate faculty | Percentage (%) of duplicate faculty   |
|-----------|----------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |                                861 |                                        74774 |                       1040 | 1.39                                  |
| 2         | Telangana      |                                810 |                                        77484 |                        950 | 1.23                                  |
| 3         | Gujarat        |                                432 |                                        28428 |                        742 | 2.61                                  |
| 4         | Karnataka      |                                751 |                                        46666 |                        363 | 0.78                                  |
| 5         | Maharashtra    |                               1554 |                                        82136 |                       2452 | 2.99                                  |
| 6         | Orrisa         |                                302 |                                        21054 |                        809 | 3.84                                  |
| 7         | Tamil Nadu     |                               1352 |                                       119546 |                        520 | 0.43                                  |
| 8         | Uttar Pradesh  |                               1093 |                                        65897 |                       2184 | 3.31                                  |
|           | Total          |                               7155 |                                       515985 |                       9060 | 1.76 (Average)                        |

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