IIM-A appoints panel to look into pay structure

Updated on: Thursday, September 03, 2009

Ahmedabad: Premier business school IIM-Ahmedabad has constituted a three-member panel to look into the pay structure recommendations for faculty members.

'We have constituted a three-member panel to examine the pay structure recommended by the government for the faculty members. The panel is expected to submit its report by next week,' IIM-A Director Samir Barua said.

The IIM-A faculty's grudge against the new pay structure, notified last month, is the percentage increase in their salary is lesser than that granted to their counterparts in other government educational institutions.

'IIMs, once projected to be centre of excellence for attracting world renowned faculty, seem to have lost their position with time, as the difference between them and local national institutions has disappeared in this (pay)structure,' a senior professor of IIM-A said.

'The other issue is about fresh limit on faculty development fund imposed by the government,' he added. 'The fresh limit suggested by the government for faculty development is lower than what the IIMs are offering currently,' another professor at IIM-A said. Faculty members at IIMs are reimbursed from this fund for undertaking academic projects, he added.

'The panel comprising three professors shall also study the draft memorandum prepared by the IIM-Calcutta on pay structure disparities, and suggest what could be IIM-A's response to it,' a senior IIM-A professor said, preferring anonymity.

'IIM-Calcutta was the first one to circulate a draft highlighting the pay structure disparities and submit it to the Union HRD Ministry,' he added.

A copy of the draft has been received by IIM-A for consideration. Based on the draft highlights, a feedback from the IIM-A faculty will be taken, the professor said.

Due to absence of a central forum we could neither voice our concern about pay revision nor protest, as done by the faculty of IITs, he said, adding 'Like IIM-C, we are likely to submit our views to the government on the issue.'

So far there has been a silent agitation across all the IIMs, the professor said.

As per the Govardhan Mehta Committee recommendations on pay hike for faculty members of IITs and IIMs, assistant professors have been put in third pay band, while both associate professor and professors have been kept in the fourth pay band, sources at IIM
The meet was inaugurated by the Secretary, HRD Ministry, Govt of India.

IIM-A appoints panel to look into pay structure

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