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Kapil Sibal, IIT council to discuss pay NDTV Correspondent, Monday October 19, 2009, New Delhi After a two-month long tussle over pay scales and autonomy issues for the IITs, the Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will chair the first IIT council meeting on Monday. The council, the highest governing body for the IITs comprising around 30 members, is expected to frame a multi-pronged policy, including introducing scholarships and reducing of fee, to attract more foreign students at post-graduate level in the institutes. Importantly, the council is likely to ratify the revised pay structure of the IIT faculty. The new pay structure had attracted criticism from the faculty that went on a hunger strike on September 25. More»

IIT pay issue reaches PMO Press Trust of India, Saturday October 3, 2009, New Delhi The IIT faculty, which has been protesting "anomalies" in the pay structure, on Saturday, took their demands, including that for a better package at entry level, to the Prime Minister's Office. Representatives of IIT Faculty Federation met T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. More»

IIT pay row: All issues resolved, says Sibal NDTV Correspondent, Friday October 2, 2009, New Delhi After IIT professors approached the Prime Minister with their problems, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal held a meeting with them on Friday to end the deadlock. “All issues have been resolved. There’s no disagreement, we're on same side,” the minister said after the meeting. More»

IIT vs Govt over pay continues NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 1, 2009, New Delhi The war between the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) and IIT teachers is not over. Sibal said in a press conference, "We are hoping that there will be Nobel laureates coming out of our IIT system. But Nobel laureates don't go on hunger strikes. There is a certain decorum expected from people of the calibre of these IITs." More»

1500 IIT teachers on hunger strike NDTV Correspondent, Thursday September 24, 2009, New Delhi With alumni like Nandan Nilekani, Narayan Murthy, Arun Sarin and Vikram Pandit, IIT is often described as India’s brain bank. Now the institute that shaped these famous minds is in trouble. More»

Sibal ready for talks with IIT faculty Press Trust of India, Thursday September 24, 2009, New Delhi As the IIT professors resorted to the unprecedented step of day-long hunger strike on Thursday over pay issue, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said he was open to any kind of dialogue with them to discuss their demands, but ruled out world class salaries due to lack of resources. More»

IIT-JEE entrance exam on April 11 Press Trust of India, Wednesday September 23, 2009, Chennai The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the undergraduate courses in 15 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) besides ISMU, Dhanbad, would be conducted on April 11, 2010, the Undergraduate Admissions Committee said on Wednesday. More»

IIT professors on hunger strike today NDTV Correspondent, Thursday September 24, 2009, New Delhi Over 1500 professors of the elite IIT will go on a hunger strike for the first time on Thursday after the Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal refused to agree to pay hike. Despite being on a strike, professors will not boycott classes. More»

IIT: Abroad and beyond Manu Sharma, Thursday August 27, 2009, New Delhi Brand IIT is globally acclaimed today. But how good is the work and pay of those who built the brand - the faculty - compared to their counterparts abroad? Professors at the Indian Institutes of Technology have been demanding a pay hike. In an unprecedented move, they went on a one-day token strike in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai last week. More»

IIT faculty strike work Tejas Mehta, Monday August 24, 2009, Mumbai It is unusual for IIT professors to protest, but on Monday, professors at the IIT Bombay went on a one-day mass leave. They say their salaries don't even match up those of scientists in other government jobs, and have to be increased. More»