The government wants the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to replace ad hoc and guest faculties by recruiting permanent faculties and filling up vacant teaching posts.
This is expected to be taken up for discussion along with other issues listed in the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the IIMs. The meeting will discuss the issue of shifting the new IIMs to their permanent campuses as the government wants the exercise to be completed by 2017 as most of the IIMs set up since 2010 are still operating from temporary campuses even as the cost of shifting has gone up manifold since they were established.
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar will preside over the meeting to be held in Shillong on September 20.
The ministry's move to build up pressure on the IIMs for filling up the vacant faculty positions comes months after a parliamentary standing committee pulled up the HRD ministry for the shortage of teachers in higher educational institutions, including IIMs and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
"Right from well-established central universities to those set up recently, state as well as private universities, premier institutions like IITs, NITs and IIMs, this problem (shortage of teachers) has emerged as the biggest handicap in the development and growth of higher education vis-a-vis maintaining the quality of education. The situation continues to be grim with no improvement foreseen in the near future," the panel noted, expressing anguish over the situation.
The committee then asked the higher education department of the HRD ministry to play a proactive role to "expedite" the filling of the vacancies and rejected the ministry's submission that posts continue to remain vacant due to the lack of qualified PhDs.
More than 20% of the total sanctioned faculty positions are vacant at the IIMs, which have engaged ad hoc faculties on contract and guest faculties to tide over the shortage.
"The issue will be discussed at the meeting and the IIMs will be asked to fill up vacant positions with permanent faculties instead of continuing with the guest and adhoc faculties to meet," official sources told DH.
The issue of the implementation of quota in appointment of faculties at the IIMs is not on the agenda, finalised by the ministry, for the upcoming meeting. "The minister can raise the issue at the meeting if he wants," sources added.
The IIMs do not implement quota in appointment of faculties, citing a government order issued in 1975 for the Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture, which exempted technical institutes from implementation of reservation in recruitment of teachers.
This is expected to be taken up for discussion along with other issues listed in the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the IIMs. The meeting will discuss the issue of shifting the new IIMs to their permanent campuses as the government wants the exercise to be completed by 2017 as most of the IIMs set up since 2010 are still operating from temporary campuses even as the cost of shifting has gone up manifold since they were established.
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar will preside over the meeting to be held in Shillong on September 20.
The ministry's move to build up pressure on the IIMs for filling up the vacant faculty positions comes months after a parliamentary standing committee pulled up the HRD ministry for the shortage of teachers in higher educational institutions, including IIMs and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
"Right from well-established central universities to those set up recently, state as well as private universities, premier institutions like IITs, NITs and IIMs, this problem (shortage of teachers) has emerged as the biggest handicap in the development and growth of higher education vis-a-vis maintaining the quality of education. The situation continues to be grim with no improvement foreseen in the near future," the panel noted, expressing anguish over the situation.
The committee then asked the higher education department of the HRD ministry to play a proactive role to "expedite" the filling of the vacancies and rejected the ministry's submission that posts continue to remain vacant due to the lack of qualified PhDs.
More than 20% of the total sanctioned faculty positions are vacant at the IIMs, which have engaged ad hoc faculties on contract and guest faculties to tide over the shortage.
"The issue will be discussed at the meeting and the IIMs will be asked to fill up vacant positions with permanent faculties instead of continuing with the guest and adhoc faculties to meet," official sources told DH.
The issue of the implementation of quota in appointment of faculties at the IIMs is not on the agenda, finalised by the ministry, for the upcoming meeting. "The minister can raise the issue at the meeting if he wants," sources added.
The IIMs do not implement quota in appointment of faculties, citing a government order issued in 1975 for the Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture, which exempted technical institutes from implementation of reservation in recruitment of teachers.
The government wants the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to replace ad hoc and guest faculties by recruiting permanent faculties and filling up vacant teaching posts.
This is expected to be taken up for discussion along with other issues listed in the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the IIMs. The meeting will discuss the issue of shifting the new IIMs to their permanent campuses as the government wants the exercise to be completed by 2017 as most of the IIMs set up since 2010 are still operating from temporary campuses even as the cost of shifting has gone up manifold since they were established.
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar will preside over the meeting to be held in Shillong on September 20.
The ministry’s move to build up pressure on the IIMs for filling up the vacant faculty positions comes months after a parliamentary standing committee pulled up the HRD ministry for the shortage of teachers in higher educational institutions, including IIMs and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
"Right from well-established central universities to those set up recently, state as well as private universities, premier institutions like IITs, NITs and IIMs, this problem (shortage of teachers) has emerged as the biggest handicap in the development and growth of higher education vis-a-vis maintaining the quality of education. The situation continues to be grim with no improvement foreseen in the near future,” the panel noted, expressing anguish over the situation.
The committee then asked the higher education department of the HRD ministry to play a proactive role to "expedite” the filling of the vacancies and rejected the ministry’s submission that posts continue to remain vacant due to the lack of qualified PhDs.
More than 20% of the total sanctioned faculty positions are vacant at the IIMs, which have engaged ad hoc faculties on contract and guest faculties to tide over the shortage.
"The issue will be discussed at the meeting and the IIMs will be asked to fill up vacant positions with permanent faculties instead of continuing with the guest and adhoc faculties to meet,” official sources told DH.
The issue of the implementation of quota in appointment of faculties at the IIMs is not on the agenda, finalised by the ministry, for the upcoming meeting. "The minister can raise the issue at the meeting if he wants,” sources added.
The IIMs do not implement quota in appointment of faculties, citing a government order issued in 1975 for the Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture, which exempted technical institutes from implementation of reservation in recruitment of teachers.
This is expected to be taken up for discussion along with other issues listed in the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the IIMs. The meeting will discuss the issue of shifting the new IIMs to their permanent campuses as the government wants the exercise to be completed by 2017 as most of the IIMs set up since 2010 are still operating from temporary campuses even as the cost of shifting has gone up manifold since they were established.
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar will preside over the meeting to be held in Shillong on September 20.
The ministry’s move to build up pressure on the IIMs for filling up the vacant faculty positions comes months after a parliamentary standing committee pulled up the HRD ministry for the shortage of teachers in higher educational institutions, including IIMs and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
"Right from well-established central universities to those set up recently, state as well as private universities, premier institutions like IITs, NITs and IIMs, this problem (shortage of teachers) has emerged as the biggest handicap in the development and growth of higher education vis-a-vis maintaining the quality of education. The situation continues to be grim with no improvement foreseen in the near future,” the panel noted, expressing anguish over the situation.
The committee then asked the higher education department of the HRD ministry to play a proactive role to "expedite” the filling of the vacancies and rejected the ministry’s submission that posts continue to remain vacant due to the lack of qualified PhDs.
More than 20% of the total sanctioned faculty positions are vacant at the IIMs, which have engaged ad hoc faculties on contract and guest faculties to tide over the shortage.
"The issue will be discussed at the meeting and the IIMs will be asked to fill up vacant positions with permanent faculties instead of continuing with the guest and adhoc faculties to meet,” official sources told DH.
The issue of the implementation of quota in appointment of faculties at the IIMs is not on the agenda, finalised by the ministry, for the upcoming meeting. "The minister can raise the issue at the meeting if he wants,” sources added.
The IIMs do not implement quota in appointment of faculties, citing a government order issued in 1975 for the Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture, which exempted technical institutes from implementation of reservation in recruitment of teachers.