Politicians from across parties have taken up the matter with the government as it will drastically bring down SC/ST/ OBC representation in...

Petition argues that implementing the quota will jeopardise the rights of SCs/STs and OBC.

The proposal is now back on the table after SC refused to strike down the HC verdict which ordered that percentage of faculty posts reserve...

Under pressure from politicians and the parliamentary committee on welfare of SCs and STs, the HRD ministry attempted a reversal of the cou...

The HRD ministry has been caught in a reservation row ever since the 2017 Allahabad High Court order set aside the formula prescribed by th...

Following the HC order, which ordered quota per department, the UGC issued a circular on March 5, sparking an uproar across universities an...

The high court had struck down a UGC circular on institution-wise quota to fill vacant SC/ST posts, pointing out that there were department...

UGC's decision to calculating total posts department wise is believed to cut down the number of posts available for SC and ST faculty membe...

The position on the issue has so far been that IIMs were among the few institutes that were exempted from faculty quota in 1975 through a g...

Javadekar said he is also reviewing the existing reservation system for faculty posts in other premier educational institutes like IITs and...

Around 450 faculty members of IIT Bombay today joined the nationwide relay fast demanding better pay structure.

There would be a need of nearly 10,000 teachers as the government has opened eight new IITs.

Banaras Hindu University will add over 1,300 seats for OBC candidates in its various departments this academic session.

Govt is planning to review the proposed legislation.

After resisting reservation in faculty for more than a year, IITs are likely to be exempted from it.

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have spotted a bit of silver lining in the recent HRD diktat of castebased reservations in facul...

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre and the University Grant Commission (UGC) on a petition challenging the policy of...