Merely 11% of IIT-B faculty from reserved categories: RTI
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Data obtained via RTI shows that reserved categories represent only 11% of the faculty at IIT-Bombay.
The Times of India — MumbaiThe brief
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- Data from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay reveals that only 84 out of 775 filled teaching positions are held by individuals from scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other backward class, or economically weaker section categories.
- Student organizations express concern that this lack of representation impacts mentorship and support for students from these communities.
- The institute currently has 450 vacant teaching posts out of 1,225 total sanctioned positions.
- These findings follow ongoing discussions regarding caste discrimination on university campuses after the death of a student.
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Kiran Kumar
national president of All India OBC Students Association
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“When we have hundreds of PhDs from IITs, NITs and from abroad from the marginalised communities, what is stopping the institutions from hiring them?”
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…Students Association, who filed the RTI for activism and for academic research purposes, said the institutions cannot deny caste discrimination, as it prevails on their campuses and is evident by the RTI responses. “ When we have hundreds of PhDs from IITs, NITs and from abroad from the marginalised communities, what is stopping the institutions from hiring them? ” he asked. Kiran added all Indian campuses have certified university and institute-level mechanisms for grievances such as the SC and ST cell and equal opportunities cell, etc. “There is also the academic council,…
“Since very few members from the marginalised section are at professor level, they do not make it to these decision-making bodies. We need representation from various sections in these councils to check any kind of discrimination. Currently, empathy and compassion are missing due to lack of representation from SC, ST and OBCs,”
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…university and institute-level mechanisms for grievances such as the SC and ST cell and equal opportunities cell, etc. “There is also the academic council, executive council in universities and the IIT council. Since very few members from the marginalised section are at professor level, they do not make it to these decision-making bodies. We need representation from various sections in these councils to check any kind of discrimination. Currently, empathy and compassion are missing due to lack of representation from SC, ST and OBCs, ” he said. A professor from one of the IITs said that a management professor did not make it to IIT despite having credentials stronger than full-time professors’.…
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