Question : Central Universities

(a) whether the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)/Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
and other premier Central Universities are facing shortage of professors and academic staff;
(b) if so, the details thereof, university-wise including IIT, Patna;
(c) whether certain National Institutes of Technology have no regular teachers;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken by the Government in this regard; and
(e) the details of the financial assistance provided by the Government to these universities
during each of the last four year, year-wise and university-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) & (c): The details of teaching staff of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) including IIT,
Patna, Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) and Central Universities (CUs) and National
Institute of Technology (NITs) are annexed at Annexure-I, Annexure-II and Annexure-III
respectively and Annexure-IV respectively.
(d): The recruitment of faculty is a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to
retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’
strength. Institutes recruit faculty on regular intervals. However, there were some court cases
filed by faculty associations of NITs, which had halted the recruitment process in some of the
NITs.
(e): The details of the financial assistance provided by the Government to Central
Universities during the last four year is at Annexure-V.