Lok Sabha Question No. 1476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Functioning of NITs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1476**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2015**

**Functioning of NITs**

**1476.	KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:**

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

(a) 	the prescribed teacher-student ratio in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and the status thereof, at present;

(b) 	the details of vacancies of principals, teachers and other staff, institute-wise;

(c)	the details of faculties on deputation in other institutions and the reasons therefor;

(d) 	whether the Government has set up any committee to review the functioning of NITs in the country including Karnataka and Kerala concerning some administrative and governance issues; and

(e) 	if so, the action the Government would take to improve it?

**A N S W E R**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) to (c) :	The prescribed teacher-student ratio in the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) is 1:12. As per the data of latest academic year, the teacher : student ratio in the NITs is approximately 1:23.

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-: 2 :-

The NITs are headed by Directors, who are principal academic and executive officer of the Institute as per provisions under the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007. At present, the position of Director, one each, in NITs located at Calicut, Jalandhar and Surat is lying vacant. The Institute-wise details of vacancies of teachers, other staff and faculties on deputation are at **Annexure** . From the NITs, 28 faculty personnel are on deputation / lien to other Institutions as the Ministry has allowed mobility of faculty and non-faculty personnel to the newly established Central Educational Institutions (CEIs) for their effective functioning and growth.

(d) & (e) :	A Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anil Kakodkar was constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to review the existing NIT System and suggest a roadmap for the future and to create synergy among NITs [including NITs located at Surathkal (Karnataka) and Calicut (Kerala)] as well as between NITs and other National Institutions located in the country. The Ministry has taken note of the recommendations of the Kakodkar Committee.

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**ANNEXURE**

**ANNEXURE AS REFERRED IN THE REPLY OF PART (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1476 FOR 29** **th** **JULY, 2015 ASKED BY KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE REGARDING FUNCTIONING OF NITs.**

**Details of vacancies and faculty on deputation**

| **Sl.**  **No.**   | **Name of the Institute**         | **Vacancies**   |              |                 | **Faculty on deputation**   |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|                    |                                   | **Directors**   | **Teachers** | **Other Staff** |                             |
|                    | NIT – Agartala                    | -               | 112          | 204             | 00                          |
|                    | MNNIT – Allahabad                 | -               | 169          | 193             | 03                          |
|                    | MANIT – Bhopal                    | -               | 162          | 85              | 02                          |
|                    | NIT – Calicut                     | 01              | 90           | 185             | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Durgapur                    | -               | 95           | 144             | 02                          |
|                    | NIT – Hamirpur                    | -               | 155          | 83              | 04                          |
|                    | MNIT – Jaipur                     | -               | 281          | 239             | 02                          |
|                    | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT – Jalandhar | 01              | 288          | 317             | 02                          |
|                    | NIT – Jamshedpur                  | -               | 149          | 93              | 01                          |
|                    | NIT – Kurukshetra                 | -               | 113          | 130             | 00                          |
|                    | VNIT – Nagpur                     | -               | 146          | 156             | 04                          |
|                    | NIT – Patna                       | -               | 54           | 78              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Raipur                      | -               | 105          | 222             | 01                          |
|                    | NIT – Rourkela                    | -               | 77           | 51              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Silchar                     | -               | 68           | 70              | 03                          |
|                    | NIT – Srinagar                    | -               | 117          | 00              | 00                          |
|                    | SVNIT – Surat                     | 01              | 117          | 236             | 00                          |
|                    | NITK – Surathkal                  | -               | 133          | 233             | 02                          |
|                    | NIT – Tiruchirappalli             | -               | 168          | 208             | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Warangal                    | -               | 186          | 191             | 02                          |
|                    | NIT – Arunachal Pradesh           | -               | 16           | 27              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Delhi                       | -               | 34           | 26              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Goa                         | -               | 06           | 06              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Manipur                     | -               | 15           | 24              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Meghalaya                   | -               | 03           | 01              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Mizoram                     | -               | 21           | 05              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Nagaland                    | -               | 08           | 03              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Puducherry                  | -               | 09           | 18              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Sikkim                      | -               | 07           | 05              | 00                          |
|                    | NIT – Uttarakhand                 | -               | 50           | 44              | 00                          |
|                    | **Total**                         | **03**          | **2954**     | **3277**        | **28**                      |

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