As on Date Enrolled strength of Students in Undergraduate Courses is 1273 including 794 Pursuing Bachelor Degree Courses and 244 Ph.D Scholars
Jammu, 22/July/2023:
Fifty Seven positions of teaching and
non-teaching staff are lying vacant in Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)
Jammu, which is recognized as an “Institute of National Importance” under the
“Institutes of Technology Act” of 1961.
Information regarding vacant positions of
staff has been shared by the institute itself in response to RTI applications submitted
by RTI activist Raman Sharma.
Out of the two
official letters issued by the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Jammu, the Reply dated 03/07/2023 informs that IIT Jammu follows a flexi cadre system, where number of
teaching posts are not defined department wise and the present sanctioned
strength of faculty is 130. In the reply it is also informed that the institute
has 102 number of regular teaching staff at present and the number of vacant
posts of faculty is 28.
In its response to
the RTI application, the institute has stated
that 08 temporary faculty members are serving in this IIT.
Regarding non
teaching staff posted there, the information provided to RTI Activist Raman
Sharma reveals that the sanctioned strength of non teaching staff is 102
whereas as on date posted strength of non teaching staff in this IIT is 73 with 29 vacant positions.
In response to the
query related to intake capacity for Under graduate and Post graduate
courses and as on date enrolled strength
of the students there in the institute, the document provided by the institute
dated 23/06/2023 unveils department and subject wise detail of sanctioned seats
for 2023-24 session, it reveals that there are total 404 seats in the ongoing
session which includes 240 seats for
B.Tech and 164 for M.Tech.
As on date total
enrolled strength of students is 1273 including 794(Undergraduate) 235(P/Gs)
and 244 Ph.D Scholars. Category wise detail of students tells that total 168 Schedule Caste(ST) students
studying in the institute including 130 pursuing undergraduate courses, 19 Post
Graduate Courses and 19 Ph.D Scholars also belong to SC category.
83 students belonging
to Schedule Tribe(ST) community also undergoing different courses there in the
institute including 68 doing bachelors
degree course, 08 PG Courses, and 07 Ph.D Scholars.
316 Students
belonging to other backward Classes (OBCs) are also enrolled in the institute(
216 studying U.G courses, 60 P.G and 40 Ph.D Scholars) besides 103 belonging to
EWS category students also admitted there in the IIT Jammu out of which 71
pursuing bachelor courses, 17 P.G and 15 Ph.D Scholars, the reply further informs.
It is pertinent to mention here that IIT is an autonomous public higher education Institute funded by the Government of India, and functions under the governance of the IIT Council.
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