Over 2k faculty positions lying vacant in IITs, 3k in NITs
The government on Monday apprised the Parliament that over 2,000 faculty positions are lying vacant in the Indian Institutes of Technology while over 3,000 positions are to be filled up in the National Institutes of Technology. "There's no adverse effect on studies…as the same is adequately compensated by the research scholars, contract, adjunct and visiting faculty," the government stated.