Over 2,000 faculty positions lying vacant in IITs

The vacancies at IIM) stands at 212, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey said in a written reply in Lok Sabha. Out of the sanctioned 5,073 faculty positions in IITs, 2,671 are vacant and 3,183 are vacant out of 5,428 positions in the NITs. The sanctioned strength in IIMs is 703. “There is no adverse effect on studies in the institute due to shortage of faculty, as the same is adequately compensated by the research scholars, contract, adjunct and visiting faculty,” the reply said. As regards SC/ST category (non-faculty) posts in IITs, over 350 are vacant as against the total capacity of around 1,500.