Wednesday, September 23, 2009

IIT faculty on their first-ever hunger strike tomorrow

With the HRD Ministry and IIT faculty refusing to budge from their respective stand, the teachers of prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology will stage a hunger strike tomorrow for the first time on the issue of pay structure.

The IIT faculty has submitted a memorandum on its charter of demands, including withdrawal of 40 per cent cap on promotion of professors to senior grade. However, the HRD Ministry has not responded to the faculty's demands.

"We had asked for a meeting with the HRD Ministry representatives on the issue. But there is no response. Hence, will go on fast tomorrow," Prof M Thenmozi told PTI.

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, however, said the government wants to give more freedom to the elite institutes provided they come up with futuristic vision to achieve excellence.

"IITs are brand institutes. We respect them. We want to give them more freedom to achieve excellence.

Source : PTI

IIT Faculty rebuts Sibal's views

New Delhi, Sep 23 On the eve of their hunger strike tomorrow, IIT faculty tonight issued a point-by-point rebuttal of the views by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on the issue of their protest against "anonalies" in the pay structure.

The All India IIT Faculty Federation, which has given the call for the hunger strike, said it was open to talks with the Ministry on the issue.

"It would have been preferable had the Minister agreed to a direct discussion. But since his response has been made through the press, we are also responding through the press and also to the Honorable Minister directly," a statement issued by Federation President Prof M Thenmozi said.

On Sibal's argument on contractual position at entry level, the Federation said all faculty members spend one year on probation at every level of faculty.

Source : PTI
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5 comments :

Blogger said...

Dear Prem, We have joined IIT as Lecturer on the scale of 10000 on contractual basis in 2007. Please specify the pay and future of this class of faculty in IITs according to new pay regime.

September 23, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Blogger said...

Dear Prem, We have joined IIT as Lecturer on the scale of 10000 on contractual basis in 2007. Please specify the pay and future of this class of faculty in IITs according to new pay regime.

September 23, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Unknown said...

Dear Blogger You will be an 'Asst Professor on Contract' in PB-3 as per the new notification.


FURTHER,


Kapil Sibal is right that IIT/IIM teachers are elite class so they should not go for 'strike'. Only NITs, IIITs, ISM Dhanbad, Universities and colleges should go for 'strike'. Elite teachers should not ask for respectable salaries / perks or faciliteis or career advancements: They shall only aim at becoming 'Nobel Laurettes' who never go for strike. They should not eat and live well to obtain the 'Nobel Prize'.

The lie of the Minister and his bandvagon is exposed (that IIT teachers have been given more pay than Govt servants and UGC) from the following fact :-

1. An Assoc Prof in old scale (16400-20000) drawing old basic of Rs 19100 will get basic Rs 43390 + AGP Rs 9500 = Rs 52890.( Tab.S-27)

2. In UGC for this old scale at old basic Rs 19100 one will get Rs 44700+10000= Rs 55700 (UGC Fitment Table No.5 or same Table S-27 !!& S-29)

3. For central Govt servant drawing same old basic pay of Rs 19100 in old scale 12000-18300 (both starting and ending pay less than an Assoc Prof )one will draw new Rs 44700 + GP 9000= 53700 (UGC Table 4 and for Central Govt employees Table S25) and principals old scale 12000-18300 will now get 44700+10000= 54700.

4. For Central Govt servants in old scale of 15100-18300 (Again starting and ending salaries less than Assoc Prof 16400-2000) the new basic basic 46500 + 8900 = 55400

For the same basic pay an IIT Associate Prof ( who is in a senior scale 16400-20000) will get Rs 52890 ( remember he has been given higher AGP 9500 , 500 more than UGC reader). A reader/ principal in UGC ( old scale 12000-18300) will get 54700 and principal Rs 55700. A govt servant will get Rs 53700 and another govt servant will get 55400.

According to Mr Sibal's arguemants (Beware, he is a supreme court lawyer - so he has a right for such arguments) To an IIT Assoc Prof Rs 52890 is higher than Rs 53700, or Rs 54700 or Rs 55400 or Rs 55700.

Can You DARE to BARE in the arguments like him??

BUT Kapil Sibal can still prove that IIT teachers have been given more than others only because he is KAPIL SIBAL.

September 23, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Unknown said...

IIT Teachers,
Why do you want more pay?
1) You dont have to construct many sprawling bunglows for you and your families like our burocrates.

2) You dont have to earn welth for your next 7 generations within 5/10 years like our politicians.

3) You and your families dont have to live very high standard of living living (Rs one lakh per day for your hotel accomodation) like our hon ministers.

4) You dont have to maintain big gang of goondas like some dons seving our politicians.

5) You dont have to keep on your pay rolls many officers for saving Income tax, wealth tax and all other types of taxes.

6) You dont have to do hundreds of big scandals like fodder, telecom etc. etc. etc. and need money to cover them up.

7) You and your family members dont need crores of rupees to get party tickets and then fight elections.

Then why you need more money dear SIRS? and look to the other side also ;

1) A mazdoor (commoner like you)
gets only Rs 50- 100 per day and can feed his family bigger than that of you!

2) You dont have to beg (like many commoners like you) on railway platforms bus stands, streets and other places!!

3) You dont have to do tough jobs like digging the earth, cleaning the streets, carrying loads etc.

YOU ARE TEACHERS BUT UNLIKE OTHER TEACHERS THERE ARE PERKS FOR YOU FROM THE GOVT. LIKE :

1) You are never lathicharged like other govt school teachers.

2) You are not to do odd duties like census, electoral roles family planning drives and other types of Govt sponsored schemes.

3) You dont have to prepare mid day meals 'Khichdi' like school teachers.

4) You dont have to bribe every month the inspectors and clercks to get your salaries.

5) You only have to do some research and writing papers to get next promotion and not to bow down before everyone above you for such promotions like your brethren in schools do.

WITH SO MANY PERKS AND REASONS GIVEN ABOVE YOU ARE BOUND TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN OFFERED TO YOU.

September 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
NIT Pay Scales said...

Dear Kapil Sibal Ji,
You WILL walk a mile for IITs only ... ??????

WHY CANT YOU WALK A FEW STEPS----- ONLY A FEW STEPS.... FOR NITs.... FOR NITs.... IN PARTICULAR YOUNG FACULTY MEMBERS..... ARE WE NOT YOUR KIDS.....


NIT faculty members were made to wait for almost an year more than UGC. Finally MHRD discovered that we are same like UGC and has given the same UGC scales.....
Various NITs made a number of memorandums.(In a dignified manner as reported by IIM)
But, not even a single time their concerns were heard, in the TWO modifications MHRD has given dated 16th and 22nd.

The pay commission was framed to attract young faculty members with PhD and to retain existing faculty.
As far as NITs are converned MHRD has done everything possible to retain existing senior faculty members.

For young faculty members, MHRD said seven non compoundable advance increment will be given for a person with PhD.
Unfortunately, we don,t know, whether our English is bad or MHRDs, the existing faculty members with PhDs are given a mere TWO increments only. The argument is that a person who is going to be recruited after this GO and who joins with a PhD only will be given 7 increments. Even if a person submits his thesis and gets his PhD the next day of joining NIT, he will be eligible for only TWO increments.
Young faculty members with PhD represented MHRD through various memorandums to keep them at 7000 AGP AT LEAST.
BUT NOTHING HAPPENED FOR THIS DIGNIFIED(AS REPORTED BY IIM)PETITIONS TILL DATE. INSTEAD WE ARE PUNISHED STILL MORE BY GIVING JUST TWO INCREMENTS.

OKAY, If we think that We will leave this institution and join another as a fresher to get atleast the SEVEN increments promised for a fresher, UGC has recently come up with another regulation saying, Discretionary award of advance increments can be given only to Asso Profs and Professors and not to a person joining fresh AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR(6.4.19 IN REGULATION 2009).
WHY..... What wrong thing we made....Spending 5 to 10 years in various industries and institutions before joining NIT is a fault...OR Did a bit of research to get a PhD in service is a fault... WHAT WRONG THING WE MADE....
SO, U WONT GIVE US PROPER SALARY... U wont allow us to join ANOTHER INSTITUTION also peacefully....(B,COS WE WILL LOSE OUR SERVICE AND WE MAY NOT GET ADVANCE INCREMENTS OTHER THAN FOR PHD......) So, MHRD should tell us what service we should do in our existing institutes...

THOSE WHO JOINED NIT AFTER SUBMITTING THEIR THESIS AND GOT THEIR PhD IN SERVICE IN A MONTH OR TWO AFTER JOINING NIT DONT KNOW
WHETHER WE ARE A FRESH FACULTY
OR
AN EXISTING FACULTY......

WE ARE NOT PROVIDED EITHER THE BENEFITS SHOWN TO EXISTING FACULTY(SENIORS)
NOR
THE BENEFITS GIVEN TO FRESH FACULTY.....
AND WE CANT LEAVE FOR ANOTHER INSTITUTION ALSO(for the reason mentioned above)
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US ...........

September 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM

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