The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow is now under fire for not following the roster and reservation policy, and having barely any faculty from the reserved categories. 

After IIM Kozhikode and Tiruchirappalli, Right to Information (RTI) replies reveal that zero positions have been filled by the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections (SC/ST/OBC/EWS) candidates IIM Lucknow either. 

Asking whether following the roster policy is “not a constitutional mandate” or not, the All India OBC Students’ Association (AIOBCSA), the organisation that filed the RTI condemned IIM Lucknow for the lack of representation of marginalised sections of the society in its faculty.

“Totally not acceptable,” the association wrote on X. 

According to the data, IIM Lucknow has a total allocated staff strength of 103 positions. Out of these, a significant majority is occupied by the general category faculty members. 

The figures are as follows: 

• General Category: 88 (85.43 per cent)

• OBC: 3 (2.9 per cent)

• SC: 2 (1.9 per cent)

• ST: 0 (0 per cent)

• EWS: 0 (0 per cent

Further, the vacancies in the roster highlight the disparity even further:

• OBC: 1

• SC: 1

• ST: 2

• General: 6

While IIMs are being lambasted for their improper following of the rosters and reservations policy, IIM Ahmedabad announced that it would introduce reservation quotas for PhD admissions from the 2025 academic year.