Task force to look into shortage of faculty in universities
It was set up by the ministry with the mandate that it will advise and make appropriate recommendations for alleviation of shortage of quality faculty.
Faced with shortage of faculty in universities and higher technical educational institutions, the government has set up a high-level task force to study the problem and suggest a way out.
The task force is headed by IIT Kanpur director Prof SK Dhande. Its other members are IIM Lucknow director Prof Devi Singh, Prof Chiranjiv Sen from IIM Bangalore, Prof V Kannan, vice chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Prof KK Agarwal, former vice chancellor Indraprastha University and RK Chavan, secretary University Grants Commission, human resource development ministry sources said.
The task force is expected to submit its report before February. It was set up by the ministry with the mandate that it will advise and make appropriate recommendations for alleviation of shortage of quality faculty.
The task force will also design a robust objective and transparent performance appraisal system for the faculty in such institutions.
It will also assess the existing faculty shortage in the country with regard to technical, professional and university education. It will study the requirement of the faculty in these institutions for the remaining period of the 11th plan.
There are about 40 central universities and nearly 100 central technical educational institutions including IITs, IIMs and NITs.