40% faculty posts lying vacant at IITs, central varsities
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said there are 40% vacancies of faculty members in central universities and IITs. He even stated that in some universities, one professor is guiding 40 PhD students. Citing that the process of recruitment is "troublesome" in the central universities and institutes, Javadekar said the recruiting process needs to be streamlined.