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Older IIMs lag behind newer ones in enforcing quota rule
Why is it in news?
- According to data obtained through RTI requests, over the past year, SC, ST and OBC communities make up less than 10% of the faculty at the older, more prestigious IIMs.
More findings:
- IIM-Kolkata has no SC or ST faculty member, but it does have two OBC faculty members.
- IIM-Bengaluru has 6% of its 103 faculty members from the reserved categories: 3 SC, 1 ST and 2 OBC community members.
- IIM-Ahmedabad said it “does not maintain category wise information for faculty” and failed to provide any information to the RTI plea.
- Of the other first generation IIMs, Lucknow has less than 5% of faculty members from the reserved categories.
- IIM-Nagpur does not have a single faculty member from any of the reserved categories.
New IIMs:
- Some of the second generation IIMs have done better.
- The institute at Shillong has more than 30% of faculty members from the reserved categories, while Raipur has 25% and Jammu more than 22%.
Way ahead:
- The key is to implement reservation in the doctoral programmes, so that the pool of diverse candidates available for faculty hires increases.
Source: The Hindu.