8 IITs without chairman, 5 functioning without director: Education Minister

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated that currently 8 IITs are running without a chairman and 5 are running without a director.

Eight posts of chairman are vacant in the various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country, while five of these key institutions are running without a regular director. This information was shared in the Lok Sabha by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. According to the recently appointed education minister, not just IITs across the country, but there were several vacancies at the top in various NITs also.