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IIT Faculty Federation pleased with Sibal’s promise

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NEW DELHI: Pleased with the assurance secured from Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal that departures could be made from the contentious revised pay structure in exceptional cases, president of All India IIT Faculty Federation M. Thenmozhi said Mr. Sibal had assured them that the new pay structure did not in any way interfere with the flexibility of the IIT system.

Further, the Federation was told that amendments would be made in the September 16 notification on pay revision of teachers in the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI) to remove minor irritants.

Though the Federation office-bearers returned satisfied, some of them said they would have to call the general body for wider consensus. Meanwhile, they will meet the IIT Directors on Saturday to iron out the rough spots.

Later in the month – on October 19 – the IIT Council will meet, the Minister said reiterating his willingness to extend greater autonomy to the premier institutions, provided they charted out a road map for the next five years.

While the issue has been festering since August 18 when the Ministry’s first notification on revised pay scales for the CFTI was issued, the Federation adopted restrained forms of agitation after the September 16 notification that was finalised in consultation with the IIT Directors.

The Federation observed a day’s hunger strike while taking their classes.

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