New Delhi: After their colleagues in IITs
in Chennai and Mumbai, it is now the turn of faculty members
of the country`s premier technology institute here, IIT-Delhi, to
go on a mass casual leave on Tuesday in protest against
disparities in their pay.
"The faculty association has appealed to all its members
to go on a casual leave Tuesday to protest against the
government`s decision on the pay issues to IIT staff,"
Anurag Sharma, Physics Professor of the institute said.
He said there is no pressure on any faculty member to
go on leave Tuesday, but hoped that almost all the 450
members will abide by the decision.
Sharma said there is resentment among professors over the
Sixth Pay Commission recommendations for the hike in pay of
IIT faculty.
Professors at IIT-Madras went on a mass causal leave on
Friday, while their colleagues in IIT-Bombay boycotted classes
on Monday.
They alleged that the ministry has completely ignored the
recommendations of the Mehra Committee which recommended hikes
in pay scale of apex technical educational institutions.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal had on Friday said he will
certainly look into their concerns and will convene a meeting
of officials concerned to discuss the issues raised by IIT
professors.
Bureau Report
