Indian student’s IIT dreams can turn sour. Know why
Advertisement

Advertisement
But why India’s premium engineering college is facing acute shortage of faculty?
This report has shocked IIT Kharagpur prospects the most, where the shortage based on the ideal ratio of one faculty member for every 10 students is more than 40%. It needs 435 more faculty members for the existing student base of over 10,000. The situation of IIT-Bombay, which currently has 687 faculty members including part-timers, is no different. It is short of 213 faculty members.
IIT Delhi hires around 30 faculty members every year. It tries to attract talent by doling out research grants of Rs 1 lakh for peripheral and Rs 10 lakh for equipment. It currently has 523 faculty members for 7,800 students.
Kushal Sen, Dean IIT Delhi says they are not receiving qualified applications for the vacant posts. He says, "Only three to five of the hundreds of applications that we receive are worth selecting."
Fearing it will lose competent faculty to competition, IIT Kanpur recently closed hiring in less than two weeks compared with the usual three to six weeks. "It was a question of losing out this professor to competition had we prolonged, hence we had to quickly close this with an offer letter," explained Manindra Agarwal, IIT-Kanpur's dean for faculty affairs.
Advertisement
Image: thinkstock
Advertisement
Google Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 launched with improved AI features
Moto G54 5G review – affordable option with a large battery
Reliance Brands forges partnership with ‘urban cool’ fashion brand Superdry
ED arrests AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Delhi excise policy case
Top 10 unique benefits of adding Flax Seeds to your diet