(a) whether the Government has any proposal to set up Special Committee to attract meritorious
teachers in Centrally funded institutions to fill up large vacancies;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has received complaints regarding selection of media persons as
faculty in National Institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (IITs);
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) & (b): Government of India had constituted a Pay Review Committee under the
chairmanship of Prof. Ashok Misra in respect of Centrally Funded Technical Institutions
(CFTIs) to consider the revision of pay scales for academic, scientific/design and other staff.
The committee in one of its recommendation in its report recommended that the faculty
members with less than 3 years relevant experience may be given the alternate designation
of “Assistant Professor Grade-II ” instead of “Assistant Professor on Contractual Basis”.
This is expected to encourage more faculty candidates to join the CFTIs as Assistant
Professor Grade II. After 3 years, the faculty member will be assessed and if found suitable
will move to the higher scale with designation as Assistant Professor Grade-I. The
movement from Grade-II to Grade-I will be performance based and not automatic.
(c) to (e): No madam, does not arise.
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