The Faculty Council of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), Tuesday, a petition before the Supreme Court for impleading itself as co-respondents in the case of PIL against cut costs, for HRD on the Union in all Department of IIMS Government of the European Union.

Hearing on PIL is scheduled to begin on 16 April.

The IIM-C Faculty decided to representation, whoever may be made by the Board of Governors of the Institute. Prof. Asish Bhattacharyya, Dean (planning and management) of IIM-C and spokesperson of the Faculty, said the Business Line, there is a clear difference between the opinion of the Faculty and some members of the Board of Governors Tax on the issue of interface and the exercise of autonomy of the Institute.

The Faculty Council felt that the independence of representation should be addressed to bring the case before the Court of art.

“The Faculty feels that some members of the Board of Governors can not exercise their independent judgement in the interest of the institute. It is therefore responsible for the faculty, for the interests of the Institute, its teachers and students present and future, “Spokesman.

The Faculty Council, in its application at the end of court, said that “autonomy have so far by the Institute in the pursuit of excellence, not by any political or bureaucratic influence, it would be possible to l ‘Institute, to achieve their current status.

The Faculty is therefore every interest in ensuring that these non-interference in its affairs under way should continue, so that the Institute could be the target, without distraction. ”

Prof. Bhattacharyya also stressed that for the question of standing was concerned, has always questioned, the respondents in the previous hearings, the Institute of the Faculty was better placed than the Alumni Association of the IIM - C. He said, however, were Alumni of transition assistance of the Faculty.

The IIM-C Board of Governors In the meantime, was unable to formalize its response to the Apex Court directive last week for a model to 16 April.

According to some sources, the technical problem of convening a meeting of council is therefore a period of 15 days.

The director of IIM-C and the chairman of the Governing Council understood to have discussed issues related to the Institute’s response to the edge Court directive also as a form adoption of the resolution drafted by the presidency.

The fate of the planned meeting between the Faculty and the president on 15 April seems uncertain, given the evolving situation. Informed sources suggested that IIM-C could try for some time by the Court of art for its presentation, but is optional.

How IIM, Ahmedabad, the Supreme Court today for some cases, pressure on IIM-C, for a formal presentation.

Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta are occupied, legal advice five days before the Supreme Court against the European Union human resource development ministry, said Ashis Bhattacharyya, IIMC’s din of the planning and management.

The Tribunal is currently head PIL consultation has been suggested that the HRD with the Ministry’s decision to bar tuition annual R-IIMS lakh from 1.5 to 30 RS 000 The Faculty IIMC appears in SC On 16 April.

The Faculty IIMC was against the tax bar because she thought it would have on the autonomy of the university.

IIMC faculty members and institutions in Bangalore and Ahmedabad felt the Boards of Governors decides on tuition fees of these institutions, which are not MHRD.

The PIL in SC was filed by some ex-students and academics from the Faculty of IIMA the Faculty IIMC decided to party. In search of the rights of the expertise of the Faculty IIMC are not subject to lawyers only in the city. “We started talking about some jurists high level in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, man, regularly take up cases of the SC,” a senior Faculty said.

“The SC, after consulting the PIL, on 8 April has sought the opinion of the IIMS. But IIMS Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode Calcutta at the offices of governors, a resolution supporting the tax cut, despite l ‘opposition of the Faculty. And it review committees have been searched, “said the panel members.

THE faculty council of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) on Monday decided to move the Calcutta High Court challenging the validity of the 164th meeting of the board of governors, which took place on March 26, 2004.

Prof Asish Bhattacharyya, Dean (Planning & Administration) and spokesperson of the faculty council, told newspersons that the validity of the said meeting was being called into question since four members had been replaced or substituted just before the crucial meeting to decide on the fee cut issue.

The council has also recommended that the Director of the institute provisionally maintain the fee structure for the forthcoming session, which begins in May.

Prof Bhattacharyya said that the council has suggested that since the board of governors has not been able to take a decision on fee reduction as directed by the Union HRD Ministry, the continuation of the same fee structure was advisable in view of smooth functioning of the institute as per the curriculum.

In the just concluded two-year session, IIM-C had charged a total of around Rs 2.5 lakh. The payments were obtained in various stages. The initial payment was around Rs 48,000.

“We have also suggested to the Director, who was present at the council meeting today, that fee received in excess of what might be finally decided by the board of governors or the Supreme Court be refunded with interest to the students.”

Prof Bhattacharyya also said that it has been the practice at IIM-C that before every session the faculty would recommend the fee structure and the board would take it up for approval. The council has also suggested that the Director, in the absence of clarity, might keep aside the Central Government’s proposed grant of Rs 4 crore for 2003-04 on account of non-Plan expenditure.

“The fund has not come in yet. But if it comes, the council advises that it should not be used until the matter is resolved by the Supreme Court or through a process of dialogue.” Meanwhile, the IIM-C faculty council has requested the Ministry that it be included in the process of dialogue on the fee revision issue.

The council has decided to form a three-member committee consisting of two faculty members and one alumnus for the proposed dialogue.

Calcutta: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) on its faculty at the 22nd session of the Council a letter dated April past Alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad Vipin Gupta, an original by the applicant against the Union PIL Department of Resource Development Human IIM’s helm for tuition of 1.50 lakh RS RS 30000, IIMC dean of planning and management, Ashish Bhattacharyya said.

The positive side is the meaning of the Court that, finally, is the centre of a dialogue with IIMS on fresh cut and autonomy.

“The key expectations reaffirming the institutional autonomy and limitation of financial dependence by the Indian government, so that money can be used in more pressure on primary education and gender equality Empowerment areas, “the letter said.

IIM-C faculty members have received the letter on Saturday.

Gupta’s letter, however, is stuffed with complains that the decision of the IIM-A to plead for a postponement had disrupted plans. “For this reason, all three IIMS lost their chances to obtain a guarantee of a stay in order to cut the tax,” the letter said.

He also criticized the proposal IIMA that during the current fee of Rs 1.50 lakh would be borne by students in the new session, RS 1.20 lakh aside at a level of trust that are returned, for students, for cases where the Tribunal has ordered an additional finally withdrew.

Such a trust can not, in the memorandum, associations, that the Constitution introduces the IIMS, writing said.

“He has a strong precedent for the issue of unilateral MHRD orders against the autonomy IIMS,” said the letter.

Bhattacharyya felt the best way forward was to maintain the status quo on cutting costs and reconciliation.

“The SC not to stay the implementation fees of about cutting the scene. On the other side not to consult IIMA IIMB and not a tax increase set as MHRD RS 30000. IIMS It can then decide fees for the academic year, “he said.

Calcutta, April 28. The Faculty Council of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Wednesday a petition filed petition before the Calcutta High Court against the validity of the Board of Governors meeting on March 26 had allegedly authorized the Board Chair to take a decision in the issue of fee cut. The tax was revising down by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development in the six IIMS.

The petition is limited to the validity of the meeting and not the accuracy and validity of fresh cut mandate of the ministry, such as the case is pending before the Supreme Court.

The Faculty written petition took note of the situation, data showed on Thursday that, when appointing members on board and the appointment instead of the representative of European Union members absent government allegedly acted in violation of the rules of the IIM-C.

NOW that the IIMs have more or less ruled out a legal recourse against the HRD Ministry’s directive to impose a fee cut in their PGP (Post-Graduate Programmes) courses, the country’s premier business schools are busy considering various options to make up for this revenue loss.

“One of the options before us is to increase the number of Management Development Programmes (MDPs),” said Prof Prakash G. Apte, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

In an exclusive interview with Business Line today, he said that the board of governors would meet in the next four days. “IIM-Bangalore will work out its finances then. We have not yet received the break-up for the planned and non-planned grants.”

But would increasing the number of management development programmes not impose a huge load on the already over-burdened professors who are handling various PG courses, executive education programmes and consultancy assignments?

(IIM-Bangalore, for instance, has about 70 professors for 700 students (400 in the PGP, 300 in the PGP in Software Management and 40 PhD students) and this year, the institute has conducted about 45 MDPs.)

Prof Apte said that they might even consider reducing the number of offerings for the students so that more staff time is available for corporate training programmes.

On whether the institute would recruit more teachers, he said: “Yes, that would be one option,” but expressed doubt about finding the right kind of talent in the industry.

But this too would require Government permission. And what about additional funds for the salaries? With the cut in allocation in this year’s Interim Budget - from Rs 79.73 crore last year to Rs 45 crore in 2004-05 - the IIMs would have to tread this path carefully.

Meanwhile, the Government is also insisting that the IIMs increase intake of students.

This might be one way of boosting their revenues, but Prof Apte said: “We can take about 40 more students, provided we have the right infrastructure like hostel rooms, mess, etc.”