Shortage in teaching slots.

 IITs are supposed to be the top notch institutes of technology to train the students in various engineering courses.  It is reported that a grand total of 8,250 teaching posts are vacant which is roughly 45% of the sanctioned posts in the IITs and NITs. The position is much worse in the newly-sanctioned and established IITs and NITs.

One major reason for non filling of vacant posts is that there is a shortage of Ph.D., scholars who are only eligible to be teachers in those institutions. Such an anomaly has taken place due to less number of Engineering Graduates opting for doing research after their masters and M.Phil.  They mostly prefer jobs either in Government or Corporate sector soon after graduation rather than do research and become teachers in those institutions.

Manpower planning is missing at the macro level both at the all India and state levels.