Of the 1,439 vacancies identified between September 2021 and 2022, only 449 were filled with faculty members from reserved categories, the Education Ministry told the Lok Sabha
Despite a year-long mission mode recruitment drive to hire faculty for reserved category positions at the elite Indian Institutes of Technology and Central Universities, just over 30% of identified vacancies were filled, the Education Ministry told Parliament this week. In the one year between September 5, 2021, and September 5, 2022, 23 IITs and 45 Central Universities across the country were directed to conduct a mission mode recruitment to fill up vacancies in teaching positions reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (SC/ST/OBC). During this period, 1,439 vacancies were identified, against which just 449 recruitments were made.
