Gujarat faces faculty crunch in higher education: Experts

Last Updated: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 21:40

There is an urgent need to improve quality of higher education and train faculty in institutes imparting higher education in the state, experts said at a seminar Sunday.

Eminent Indian economist Rakesh Mohan joins Yale faculty

Last Updated: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:30

One of the most distinguished Indian economist has been appointed as a faculty at the prestigious Yale University.

IITs set up committee for incentive scheme to faculty

Last Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009, 18:07

The IITs have set up a committee to evolve a performance-related incentive scheme (PRIS) to encourage well-performing teachers by giving them special incentives as available to ISRO scientists.

IIT faculty to accept new pay structure

Last Updated: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 18:45

The stand-off between the IIT faculty and the government over the "anomalies" in pay structure finally ended on Saturday with the teachers` body deciding to accept the new package in the "interest" of the institutes.

IIT faculty raise grievances with the PMO

Last Updated: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 22:34

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.

Kapil Sibal to meet IIT Faculty tomorrow to end stand-off

Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 12:06

In a bid to end the stand-off between the government and agitating IIT faculty protesting anomalies in pay structure, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has agreed to meet the teachers on Thursday.

IIT faculty on hunger strike over pay hike

Last Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 10:27

Teachers of IITs, for the first time, are staging a hunger strike on the issue of pay structure.

IIT directors appeal to faculties not to go on hunger strike

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 15:10

IIT directors on Tuesday termed as a "wrong step" the decision by faculty members to go on a day-long hunger strike on the issue of pay structure and appealed to them to do a rethink and resolve problems through talks.

`IIT faculty row to be sorted out soon`

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 14:10

A day after 1,300 teachers of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) decided to go on hunger strike, two IIT directors Tuesday said the faculty had apparently misunderstood the government proposal on pay and autonomy.