MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): As per the information given by the All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE) the details of vacancy is as under :
2010-11 2011-12
Total Filled Vacancy % of Total Filled Vacancy % of intake vacancy intake vacancy
Engineering 1314594 1077967 236627 18 1485894 1203574 282320 19
Management 277811 230583 47228 17 352571 285583 66988 19
Though vacancy position in engineering & management has gone up marginally,
the net enrolment has increased over the two year period as indicated above.
(c) & (d) : As per the information given by the AICTE, the percentage
vacancy of faculty is as under:
2010-11 2011-12
Percentage Percentage
Engineering 20% 20%
Management 24% 23%
(e) to (g): To enhance the employability of engineering graduates, a
programme of Finishing School for Engineering Graduates was conducted by
Ministry of Human Resource Development on pilot basis during 2007 in IIT
Roorkee and six NITs (Calicut, Durgapur, Jaipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirapally
and Warangal). Based on the pilot programme, the Ministry in 2008 asked
Centrally funded Technical Institutions to conduct the programme. A review
was conducted in 2010 and it was found that the desired results were not
fully met by the Scheme. AICTE was asked to constitute a Committee and
suggest measures to redesign the programme of Finishing School throughout
the country. Also, as a long term measure to enhance the employability of
engineering graduates, AICTE is taking steps to update the syllabus of
engineering courses.
