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The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi is finding it tough to find quality faculty at the institute, said Director Surendra Prasad at the 38th convocation of the institute.Ramamurthy said increasing career options, attractive salaries in industry and globalisation of market for technically trained personnel were some of the factors dissuading students from taking up teaching careers. He stressed on setting up of a national structured faculty intern programme in leading institutions where promising graduates could be nurtured.guest at the event, said the Commission was likely to meet after August 15 to decide the financing pattern of the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) and firm up the action plan for improving the standard of higher and technical education.IIT awarded 1,380 degrees, including 140 PhD degrees. The institute also honoured five alumni with distinguished alumni and distinguished service awards and gave the degree of honoris causa to space scientist Dr U R Rao.