The Government has issued
instructions to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) requiring
implementation of 15%, 7.5% and 27% reservation for SCs, STs and OBC
respectively for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Professors and Lecturers
in Science and Technology subjects and in all faculty posts for subjects other
than Science and Technology. The quota for reservation of 15% & 7.5% is
provided for the SCs & STs in the recruitment of faculty viz. Assistant
Professor, Associate Professors & Professors.
Further, 27% reservation is provided to the OBCs in direct faculty recruitment
at the level of Assistant Professor in the Central Universities. The
implementation of quotas for SCs/STs/OBCs in faculty recruitment is under
consideration in respect of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and the
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
The total sanctioned strength and holding strength of SCs/STs/OBCs in the Indian
Institutes of Technology (IITs), the Indian Institutes of Science (IISCs),
Bangalore and the Central Universities
is as under :
Institute
|
Total Sanctioned strength
|
SC
|
ST
|
OBC
|
IITs
|
5706
|
64
|
7
|
105
|
IISCs
|
522
|
36
|
14
|
16
|
Central
University
|
16785
|
731
|
520
|
427
|
The arising of vacancies and filling up
thereof is a continuous administrative activity for which there cannot be any
fixed time-frame. All vacancies, including reserved ones, are advertised in
local and National Newspapers. Also, special recruitment drives are carried out
from time to time to fill up the backlog of reserved vacancies.
This information was
given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha today.
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