NEW DELHI: IITs will have to live with the system of quota in faculty, as attempts to exempt the elite institutes from reservation have not proved to be fruitful, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said on Wednesday.
"Attempt to exempt IITs from implementation of reservation in faculty have proved to be unfruitful. You have to work with it," Sibal told the IIT directors who wanted clarification on the issue of faculty reservation.
The government had in 2008 asked the IITs to implement reservation for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and OBCs in faculty recruitment.
This had created discontent among the directors and teaching fraternity in the elite institutions. They had opposed the quota policy.
IIT Delhi Director Prof Surendra Prasad on Wednesday took up the issue with Sibal when he was interacting with directors in New Delhi. Prasad said the directors were still confused on the issue of faculty reservation.
However, Sibal clarified that the quota system still prevails in the IITs.
The IIT were expecting exemption when the government introduced the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill 2008 in 2008 in Parliament.
The Bill, moved by Department of Personnel and Training and passed by Rajya Sabha, seeks to provide exemption from reservation for SCs and STs in the appointment of faculty in the Institutions of National Importance (INI). It has listed 47 institutions, including the IITs, as INIs.
However, it could not be passed in the Lok Sabha when members opposed to the provision of exemption.
Sibal's views assume significance as the contentious issue of quota has been stoutly opposed by IIT faculty members. The directors had earlier taken up the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who had assured them to "look into" the matter.
The DoPT Bill says that there shall be no reservation where appointments are made to posts higher than the lowest grade of group 'A' posts in institutions of national importance.
However, an IIT director said that they would continue to oppose the move.
Story First Published: July 01, 2009 19:5
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