Faculty of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad made it clear in a memorandum sent to MHRD that quality comes with a cost in reply to their salary structure as per Sixth Pay Commission. An IIM-A AP gets only Rs 5.5 lakh as starting pay annually a mere one fourth compared to their counterparts in Harvard and IBS. To retain the faculty in the institute they have to be given enough reason to stay and the reason being salary.
In another drastic move Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar faculty also joined in the agitation for better pay packets. The deadline that IITs had given to MHRD to take up the matter ended on Friday, and the ministry has not responded. The IITs had demanded that assistant professor should have a starting salary of Rs 30,000 per month with a grade pay of Rs 8,000, associate professor be given grade pay of Rs 10,000 and professor a grade of Rs 12,000. The faculty association has also demanded a professional development allowance of Rs 5 lakh for a block of three years and a scholastic allowance of Rs 15,000.
Faculty members across all IITs plan to go on hunger strike on today to protest- Teacher Day Special.
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