The number of posts of Directors, Scientists and Students researchers vacant at present and the number of these vacancies reserved for SCs, STs, and OBCs in Ministry is given below:-

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Name of the Post	Total Number of Vacant Positions	Number of Reserved Vacant Positions
		SC	ST	OBC
Director	1	0	0	0
Scientists	187	16	9	33
Students & Researchers	41	0	0	0

 

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Name of the Post	Total Number of Vacant Positions	Number of Reserved Vacant Positions
		SC	ST	OBC
Director	6	0	0	0
Scientists	114	12	6	20
Students & Researchers	51	8	4	14

 

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Name of the Post	Total Number of Vacant Positions	Number of Reserved Vacant Positions
		SC	ST	OBC
Director	2	0	0	0
Scientists	2238	278	136	468
*Students & Researchers	0	0	0	0

*There are no sanctioned posts for student researchers in CSIR.

The number of Scientists of SC/ST category recruited in last five years at different levels is given below:

Name of the Department	Category of Recruitment
	SC	ST
Department of Science and Technology (DST)	16	8
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)	22	5
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	69	36

 

Recruitment is a continuous process and efforts are being made to fill up the vacancies periodically as per the relevant rules.

There is no delay and denial of promotion to the SC/ST category scientist in the name of Modified Flexible Complementing Scheme.

This information was given by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, MoS Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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