40% Shortage of Faculty at IITs & Central Universities: HRD Minister

Sakunth Kumar

Updated On: April 10, 2017 01:19 pm IST

Prakash Javadekar, HRD Minister, gave the information at a conference in Symbiosis International University on the theme ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education’.
40% Shortage of Faculty at IITs & Central Universities: HRD Minister

Currently, there are 40% teaching posts vacant at Indian Institutes of Technology and Central Universities across the country, revealed Prakash Javadekar, HRD Minister, while addressing the conference at Symbiosis International University on the theme ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education’.

He indicated that the process of recruitment of faculty members for IITs and central varsities must be streamlined so that they could bring in good faculty members. Javadekar further indicated that the IITs are able to deliver world-class education and facilities to students and the only matter of concern is the shortage of faculty members.

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Javadekar also revealed that he had asked all the IIT councils to go abroad and contact research students and invite them to become faculty members at Indian Institutes of Technology.

He pointed that most of the research students who are abroad are ready to serve at IITs and central universities. The recruitment process has become troublesome in IITs and central universities that are restricting these students to come back and serve in our own educational institutes. Therefore, he advised all the IIT councils and central universities to streamline the recruitment process to bring in best faculty members.

Also read; - Institutes of National Importance will Not Face Shortage of Funds: Javadekar

He pointed that students would not show interest to join in premier institutes if there are not enough faculty members and in most of the universities, there is a critical situation where one professor is guiding 40 Ph.D. students. It is not possible to deliver quality education if this of situation exists in premier institutes of India, he concluded.

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