Ahmedabad: Indian instiutute of Management,
Ahmedabad (IIM-A) board will take a final decision on the
implementation of new government order on pay structure
that has been opposed by the faculty members, sources said.
The IIM-A faculty council during its meeting held on
Saturday last had opposed the new government order on pay
revision and urged the IIM-A director Dr Samir Barua to delay
its implementation by a month.
"IIM-A board meeting has been convened on September 25,
and the issue of implementing the new government order on
pay revision shall be taken up for discussion then," a top
official at IIM-A said.
The council termed the new order which puts 40 per cent
cap on the promotion of professor to senior grade, and also
caps the number of domestic and international conferences
a professor can attend annually, as 'infringement on academic
freedom of the institution.'
The faculty council has also decided to take up this
issue with other IIMs before deciding on future course of
action.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, September 21, 2009, 20:12