HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar : 40% shortage of faculty at IITs & central varsities

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar : 40% shortage of faculty at IITs & central varsities

PUNE: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said there are 40 per cent vacancies of faculty members in central universities and IITs.

He observed that the process of recruitment needs to be streamlined in order to bring in good faculty members.

"We too can offer world class facilities and infrastructure to the students here, but there are constraints. We do not have faculties. There are 40 per cent vacancies in Central Universities and IITs," the minister said.

He was addressing an International conference on 'The Changing Landscape of Internationalisation of Higher Education', organised by the Symboisis International University in collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities.