IITs, IIMs facing faculty crunch: Govt

April 22, 2010: The Times of India

New Delhi: IITs and IIMs are facing huge vacancy of faculty, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, minister of state for HRD D Purandeswari said IITKharagpur had the maximum vacancy of 299 followed by 222 in IIT-Bombay, 194 in IIT-Roorkee, 138 in IIT-Madras, 78 in IIT-Delhi, 69 in IIT-Kanpur and 65 in IIT-Guwahati. The number of vacancies increased from 877 in seven IITs in 2008-09 to 1,065 in 2009-10. 

The seven IIMs have 95 vacancies. IIM-Bangalore has the maximum vacancy of 35 posts followed by 29 in IIM-Ahmedabad. “Recruitment of faculty is a continuous process and all efforts are made to fill up vacant posts,¶ she said.

Faculty vacancies at IITs/IIMs as per figures shared by the HRD Ministry in the Lok Sabha

Instituttion          2007-08  2008-09  2009-10
IIT Delhi            160         153          78
IIT Bombay        136         116          222
IIT Madras         150         101          138
IIT Kanpur          74           91            69
IIT Kharagpur     228        202           299
IIT Guwahati      13          16              65
IIT Roorkee        210        198            194
IIT Gandhinagar                                  33
IIT Ropar                                            48
IIT Rajasthan                                      45
IIT Bhubaneshwar                              36
IIT Hyderabad                                    45
IIT Patna                                             29
IIT Indore                                           14
IIT Mandi                                           30
IIM Ahmedabad                                 29
IIM Bangalore                                    35
IIM Calcutta                                         9
IIM Lucknow                                        6
IIM Kozhikode                                   10
IIM Indore                                            6
RGIIM Shilong                                     0