Reservation policy in Indian Institutes of Technology
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The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) practices affirmative action and offers reservation to the "backward and weaker sections" of the society that includes SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PWD/Girl candidates.
As of 2022, the percentages of student seats reserved for each category, for undergraduate (B. Tech/B. Sc. programs) stand at:
- GEN-EWS: 10%
- OBC-NCL: 27%
- SC: 15%
- ST: 7.5%
In addition to this, 5% of seats of each category (including OPEN) are reserved for Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates. The seats are also of two pools - Gender-Neutral (80%) and Female-Only (20%). If a female fails to get her seat in Female-Only category, she gets admitted via the Gender-Neutral category of seats. Supernumerary seats were created to reach the 1:4 gender ratio requirement in 2018. The overall seat breakdown, including the count of female-supernumerary seats, is:
Pool | OPEN | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST | OPEN-PWD | GEN-EWS-PWD | OBC-NCL-PWD | SC-PWD | ST-PWD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender-Neutral | 30.78% | 7.60% | 20.52% | 11.40% | 5.70% | 1.62% | 0.40% | 1.08% | 0.60% | 0.30% |
Female-Only | 7.695% | 1.90% | 5.13% | 2.85% | 1.425% | 0.405% | 0.10% | 0.28% | 0.14% | 0.075% |
In addition to all these, every IIT has an additional 2 seats reserved for children of deceased/permanently injured officers of defence services. (Reference for this data: JoSAA Website)
Recent developments
In 1989, Prime Minister
This led to sharp reactions from the student communities in the institutes concerned and also substantial opposition from students of other colleges as well. Students gathered under the banner of "Youth For Equality" and demanded that the government roll back its decision to grant more reservations. Nearly 150 students went on hunger strike in AIIMS (Delhi) which, as on 23 May has entered into its ninth day.[1] Within the next few days, students from all IITs joined the protest in one form or the other. Student protesters were reportedly beaten brutally in Mumbai and Delhi. Resident doctors from all over India joined the protests crippling the health infrastructure of a number of cities.[2][3] The government took stern measures to counter the protesting doctors by serving them with suspension letters and asking them to vacate the hostels to make way for newly recruited doctors. Many states have invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and gave notice to the doctors to return to work in 24 hours failing which legal action will be taken against them. The government has also put on alert 6,000 men from Rapid Action Force to take care of any untoward incident. However, in most places the protesters remained defiant regarding ESMA. Few IIT students also wrote to the President of India requesting him to allow them to commit suicide if the proposed reservation is implemented.[3]
In addition to complete roll-back of the proposed reservation, the striking protesters have demanded that an expert committee comprising members from non-political organisations to review the existing reservation policy and find out whether reservation for OBCs is required at all. This is based on the current confusion over actual population of OBC as various organisations have indicated various figures for the population of OBCs. This is mostly because the 1931 national census was the last time detailed population and economic data was gathered along with caste information for the OBC population. The Mandal Commission, using extrapolated 1931 Census figures, put it at 52 per cent, the
Meanwhile, the
On 29 March 2007, the
On 10 April 2008, the Supreme Court of India upheld the law that provides for 27% reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in educational institutions supported by the Central government, while ruling that the creamy layer among the OBCs should be excluded from the quota.[10][11]
On 22 February 2021, a plea has been moved before the Supreme Court seeking direction to all the twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to follow the reservation policy in the admission in research degree program and recruitment of faculty in the IITs.[12]
Reservation for faculty
On 9 June 2008, the government ordered 15% quota for SC, 7.5% for ST and 27% quota for OBCs in teaching positions. IITs currently have no reservations in teaching positions.
References
- ^ Quota: Striking doctors continue to go hungry
- ^ Anti-quota protests spread
- ^ a b Nationwide anti-quota stir continues
- ^ Quota: Just how many OBCs are there?
- ^ GoM submits report, docs soften stand
- ^ Knowledge panel for status quo on quota
- ^ Two members quit the Knowledge Commission
- ^ SC topper denied entry into IIT
- ^ "Supreme Court stays OBC quota in IITs, IIMs". rediff.com. Rediff.com India Limited. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
- ^ SC upholds OBC quota, keeps creamy layer out
- ^ Supreme Court okays quotas in IIMs, IITs
- ^ Roy, Debayan. "Plea in Supreme Court alleges all 23 IITs violating Govt directive to implement reservation in faculty recruitment, research degree admissions". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "HRD orders faculty quota, IIT directors livid - Times Of India". 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "The Hindu : Front Page : OBC quota for faculty posts in IITs challenged". 12 July 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ NETWORK, LIVELAW NEWS (20 December 2022). "Supreme Court Directs Centre, IITs To Allow Reservation In Faculty, Research Degree Admissions As Per 2019 Act". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Supreme Court directs Centre, IITs to follow quota law in recruitment of faculty". Financialexpress. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ PTI (19 December 2022). "SC directs Centre, IITs to follow reservation policy in recruitment of faculty members". The South First. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Sachchida Nand Pandey". Retrieved 24 August 2023.
External links
- Diluting Mandal[usurped]-A take from S.S.Gill, Secretary, Mandal Commission.
- The Mandal Commission.
- Youth For Equality [1]
- confusion about creamy layer, OBC Reservation Rules, Creamy Layer Criteria & Clarifications, 4.50 lakh order, Caste certificate & application format etc. Parent's salary income & candidate's self or husband's income no bar in creamy layer
- https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674987883