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.
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