New Delhi: Directors of Indian Institutes
of Technology today decided to set up two committees to look
into the grievances of faculty which has been protesting
against "anomalies" in their pay structure.
A day after HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said the IITs are
free to relax the pay structure norms to attract talent,
Directors of the premier institutes held a three-hour meeting
with the faculty to discuss how to take the matter forward.
The IIT Directors decided to set up committees which
will suggest criteria for promotion of professor to senior
grade and evolve modalities for implementation of Performance
Related Incentive Scheme (PRIS).
While one committee will suggest the process for the
upgradation of professors to the next additional grade pay,
the other committee will evaluate the nuances on PRIS.
Director of IIT, Kanpur, Sanjay Dhande said the
committee to look into promotion of professors is likely to
submit its report in four to six weeks and the committee on
PRIS will come up with its recommendations in two months.
After meeting the representatives of All India IIT
Faculty Federation, Dhande said the recommendation will form
the basis on which a "professor will move from Rs 10,500
academic grade pay to Rs 12,000 academic grade pay".
Dhande said steps would be taken to ensure that bright
young people join IIT faculty.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, October 03, 2009, 19:32