{
  "id": 10513008,
  "title": "IIT Bombay RTI Reveals No Scheduled Tribe Faculty Members At Professor Level, 450 Teaching Posts Vacant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/iit-bombay-rti-reveals-no-scheduled-tribe-faculty-members-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T18:12:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/iit-bombay-rti-reveals-no-scheduled-tribe-faculty-members-at-professor-level-450-teaching-posts-vacant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: None of IIT Bombay’s 412 professors belonged to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category as of September 10, an RTI response stated. The professor rank included five Scheduled Caste (SC) and six Other Backward Classes (OBC) faculty members. The institute also reported 450 vacancies against a sanctioned teaching strength of 1,225. Associate And Assistant Professor Data At the associate professor…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}