So far, the NITs and the IIERs had been appointing OCIs — foreign citizens of Indian origin — as faculty members on contract. “The IITs were already recruiting them as permanent teachers, but there was a lack of clarity on their service conditions such as pension benefits. “Foreign faculty members are now appointed on five-year contracts; not many (prospective foreign teachers) have therefore been taking an interest,” Rao said. These anomalies have to be corrected to enable the institutions to achieve an international character with foreign faculty,” Rao said. “We have some OCIs as adjunct faculty members.

Source: The Telegraph October 28, 2018 22:07 UTC