IITs to offer jobs to spouse of faculty
There is good news for the family of those who aspire to become part of the faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) across the country.
In an attempt to attract more young and bright faculty into the IIT system, IITs have come forward to provide a job to the husband or wife of prospective faculty members and also possibly a school seat for their kids.
According to recent statistics by the HRD ministry, as against the sanctioned faculty strength of 6,076 in 15 IITs in the country, 2,608 remain vacant.
Former Anna University vice-chancellor and chairman of IIT Kanpur Prof. M. Anandakrishnan said on Thursday that with faculty shortage looming large at IITs, the IIT council, in which all chairman and directors are members, decided to provide concessions to attract good-knowledgeable faculty.
“As part of the concessions, we will accommodate spouse of faculty in some position at the institute based on their qualifications. If the faculty is abroad, the institute will also pay grant for their rel-ocation (travel, shifting th-eir belongings, etc.),” Prof. Anandakrishnan said.
Pointing out that IITs would also fund Rs 25 lakh as research grant to attract more faculty, the IIT-K chairman said that faculty abroad would be interviewed on video conferencing, which would cut travel cost and time.
IIT-Kanpur opened an alumni office in New York recently and IIT-Madras plans to start one in Silicon Valley. Staff at these offices, according to Prof. Anandakrishnan would scout for good faculty in the US who were ready to come to India, process their biodata and recommend them to the institute for appointment.
In an attempt to attract more young and bright faculty into the IIT system, IITs have come forward to provide a job to the husband or wife of prospective faculty members and also possibly a school seat for their kids.
According to recent statistics by the HRD ministry, as against the sanctioned faculty strength of 6,076 in 15 IITs in the country, 2,608 remain vacant.
Former Anna University vice-chancellor and chairman of IIT Kanpur Prof. M. Anandakrishnan said on Thursday that with faculty shortage looming large at IITs, the IIT council, in which all chairman and directors are members, decided to provide concessions to attract good-knowledgeable faculty.
“As part of the concessions, we will accommodate spouse of faculty in some position at the institute based on their qualifications. If the faculty is abroad, the institute will also pay grant for their rel-ocation (travel, shifting th-eir belongings, etc.),” Prof. Anandakrishnan said.
Pointing out that IITs would also fund Rs 25 lakh as research grant to attract more faculty, the IIT-K chairman said that faculty abroad would be interviewed on video conferencing, which would cut travel cost and time.
IIT-Kanpur opened an alumni office in New York recently and IIT-Madras plans to start one in Silicon Valley. Staff at these offices, according to Prof. Anandakrishnan would scout for good faculty in the US who were ready to come to India, process their biodata and recommend them to the institute for appointment.
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