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The minister also assured the faculty that in case of
any serious problem, they can raise the issue at the IIT
Council meeting through their directors.

The government on August 18 notified the pay structure
for Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI), including
the IITs and IIMs.

The IIT faculty, however, protested certain
"anomalies" in the pay structure. The government then issued
amended notification twice, but failed to satisfy the faculty.

The faculty has been demanding withdrawal of 40 per
cent cap on promotion of professors to senior grade. They were
also opposing the provision of contractual appointment at
entry level.

Sibal said the government is ready to revisit the
norms for "whatever is good for the IIT system". "Down the
line, if we find that more than 40 per cent of teachers are
eligible for the senior grade, we will revisit the norms," he
said.

Regarding the faculty's demand for abolition of
contractual appointment, he said the IIT system has the
flexibility to deviate from the norms.

In case of non-availability of faculty in a particular
department, for example nano-technology, the IITs could relax
the norms to absorb people, he said.

"Norms can be deviated from subject to certain
conditions. The conditions can be laid down by the IIT
directors and boards," he said. (More) PTI BKM
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