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: It’s management practices rather than a me-combat. Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, want the status quo on tuition fees will be maintained at least for the next academic year.

Faculty members say that the Institute of authorization to issue letters of a fresh cargo of students from next week, in which tuition fees must be clearly indicated.

The decision of the IIM-C’s Faculty meeting on Monday, is a clear defiance framed by resolution YC Deveshwar, president of the IIM-C’s Board of Governors.

The President of the European Union has HRD ministry bar annual fee of 1.25 lakh RS RS 30000

“Given that tuition fees should be clear to new students, the Council may decide that the fees issue and negotiate director Shekhar Chowdhury. We also proposed that the segregated funds, where money may be filed. If the fee is to bar the Apex court, we students money back with interest “, Ashish Bhattacharya, IIM-C-dean of planning and management said.

The director is expected to inform the Board of Governors of the Council decision. The Council also approved the decision of the ability to move high court on Tuesday.

It is responsible for the HRD ministry of the decision on their own people to participate in the 164 Board of Governors’ meeting, on March 26 are available in some members of origin. A new teams up with a Alumnus and two members the ability to ensure that the HRD ministry has initiated a dialogue with members of the Faculty in the bar fees discussion. “The Supreme Court, the ministry believes that discussions with the IIMS to solve the problem of honoraria. In case of IIM-C, the Board of Directors and members have the option of opposing view and, therefore, we ask that the Ministry held separate discussions, “Bhattacharya added.

The Council said that the RS 4 crore kitty sent by the Observatory at low tide on any deficit are not currently used. “We believe it is in a separate account and can not handle now. We will wait until the Supreme Court to take a decision on the question that we decide how it is used,” said Bhattacharya.

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.”

After dumping taxes in the six IIMS, the HRD ministry has its eyes on other B-schools in the country.

The ministry is governed by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to follow the recommendations of the UR Rao Committee and the state fee committees, once their reports, Slash and costs of all schools B.

Among the prominent institutes, which is perhaps in the line of fire of the line Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (New Delhi), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute (Mumbai), Symbosis (Pune) and XLRI (Jamshedpur). There are over 600 institutions managing the AICTE, all may have to reduce their costs, less than Rs 40,000 per year, ministry officials sources said. Currently, fees range from 60000 to R RS 1.5 lakh.

The UR Rao Committee has already, with its recommendations, which were used by the ministry to justify its decision to reduce taxes on IIMS 80 per cent. A Ministry said government sources charges committees its recommendations to the AICTE within two months.

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Regarding students are not known, is that all these courses are illegal. They have not the sanction of the All India Council for Technical Education, the body under the HRD ministry is expected that the increase in technical training in the country.

This means that the qualifications of the two institutes hands each year hundreds of students and professors are not worth the paper they are printed.

The direction of Chetana Trust, a former Education Minister Madhukar Chaudhari education for at least one of these courses since 1991 and since then has not time to get it approved by the AICTE.

The AICTE said he is aware, in the illicit traffic and, of course, the college has an opinion.

The secretary of the Chetana Trust Prem Anand Roopvate refused to talk to the camera, but said:”We have these courses in the last 12 - 15 years. We are an autonomous institution, we do not need permission AICTE. But we AICTE on the admission of PGDBA and PGDBM course in June 2006.”

Rules unclear

But the question is, provided that the institution of autonomy? If NDTV spoke to AICTE, they said, the rules were clear.

Non-technical training institute in a certain way to begin classes without prior agreement.

Chetana is just another example of the operation, that the increase in technical and training in our country.

Perhaps the only path that can be red word if the body AICTE, governs and regulates education, cracks on these illegal settlements, who has played with the career of many people

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) has decided, the directive of Human Resources Development (HRD), Ministry of India and the government has decided to recommend a tax cut. The resolution was sent to the Director of the IIMC and all board members. In the resolution, IIMC administration, President YC Deveshwar said: “In view of a path for the government (the fee average) may be made in the belief that it is mandatory for ‘establishment and it is the domain of the Ministry of Human Resources Development in the image of policies on subsidies to education. “The government has assured that IIMC the financial consequences of the implementation of the order is entirely funded by the Government of India.

Calcutta: The Faculty of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the mobilization against the costs cut, the European Union for human resource development ministry, before the long-awaited meeting of its Board of Governors.

Board meeting, with the Union HRD ministry envoy visit was preponed a day. The board of directors is now March 26.

The preponement is, indeed, for the ministry official joint secretary VS Pandey.

It comes in the wake of the cyclone on the IIM Ahmedabad Society Meeting, where he warned Bakul Dholakia directed the consequences of confronting the ministry.

This is the first time since the MHRD establishes a fee at the helm IIMS that the Board of Directors meets in IIMC, one of the “big three”.

So it was only after this meeting that the boards of two other ‘major’ IIMS turn Bangalore, March 27 and Ahmedabad in the first week of April. (IIM, Lucknow, has already accepted the fee Cut-order).

The issue of the tax bar and the signing of an agreement with the Ministry of accepting all its conditions, are the two main issues to be discussed.

Yet, all full-time of 68 professors from the institute are not careful, to see the “tax Slash” is not passed.

“We wish he had withdrawn. If this is not possible, we want to at least postpone the decision. We have two members of the Faculty in the room. They are of the opinion of the Faculty during the reunion. Plus, we have also provided the majority of industry representatives on the Board of their support. We are a tough resistance, “said the panel members.

A prominent member of Industry and Board of Directors is also available in the offices of five major management institutions of the State, has already expressed solidarity with the Faculty.

“The bullying is MHRD institutions. They do not need to reduce costs of graduates begins to employment, pay six to seven lakhs rupees per annum,” he said.

The Faculty is of the opinion that if at least the question of the tax bar is latent until the elections, it will not happen ever.

“It is clear, teachers and students of IIMC do not want the bar fees, and to this end, we have in our position, which details all the problems, the Institute of the face, post - bar, “said Dipankar Mitra, a teacher and member of the Governing Council.

A meeting of all faculty members has been called next week if a decision on exactly what the two members say, the board of directors.

“We have already taken a position on all board members, so they can make their own opinions before the meeting happens. We are also still in touch personally with members of the Committee to explain the situation and most of them, including representatives of industry have expressed solidarity, “a faculty leader said.

Calcutta: ‘hands away, and we accept reduced fees.

The fact that in a nutshell, the price of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, offers Murli Manohar Joshi’s HRD ministry.

At its meeting on Friday, IIM-C-Board decided to agree to declare the centre of the directive paves the way for a fee reduction of 1.25 lakh RS RS 30000 university of the next meeting. But unlike its counterpart in Lucknow, joka Institute, is not without a fight.

City-based industrial P.D. Chitlangia, was present at the meeting, said the faculty members of their fears have clearly that the Board. The mother, who extracted the price nominated by the government under any circumstances, the ministry IIM-C-autonomy.

Another concession was the HRD honchos at Friday’s Pow Wow: The centre should be any gap in revenue by reducing costs.

Some members also sought postponement of the decision on the grounds that, because maybe falling off the electoral commission Commission a model code of conduct.

The sources indicate that while an investigation took place during the meeting, he would have been in favour of the government, whose candidates were in large numbers.

Industry representatives on the map contain Nicco’s Rajive Kaul and SB Ganguli of Exide. All eyes are now on President Y.C. Deveshwar, has been drawing up a resolution to maintain the interests of stakeholders “in the eye.

Calcutta: It seems that the Board of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, everything is set for the HRD ministry on the recommendation Slash costs of the next academic session, provided that the autonomy of the Institute had not been affected.

In an interview with TNN Saturday, the industrial district based on PD Chitlangia, was present on Friday, the Board of Directors of IIMC meeting, argued that the “Governing Council decided unanimously expressed d Agreement for the centre of the directive on the reduction of fees, but not at the cost of losing the autonomy of the Institute “.

The committee members-chairman, YC Deveshwar, that the draft resolution taking into account the interests of all parties concerned.

Efforts to contact Deveshwar, Delhi, proved vain.

Chitlangia addition, at least two other members of the TNN said that by Friday, the meeting was also decided that any gap in revenue from charges should reduce a good piece by the government. It was also agreed that the decision of the Supreme Court would be final.

Chitlangia confirms developments. He informed that members of the Faculty of a presentation to the committee about their fears and appointed government, assured that the ministry are not members.

Despite the University Grant Commission (UGC) for the implementation of a common strategy for examinations for admission to professional courses with other institutions of higher education in the country, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has decided go ahead with its own entrance test.

The exams for vocational and technical training and studies as BTech, MBBS, MCA, MBA and Bachelor’s degree in architecture from the AMU April. AMU vice-chancellor Nafeez Ahmad said the Academic Council has refused Directive UGC, and there was not a question of the implementation of a joint review.

Other universities, including Delhi University (DU), Jamia Millia Islamia and Hamdard University, are also planning to the implementation of its own investigation, instead of a common entrance test with other universities.

The Faculty of Economics, YOU soon his exams. ”The decision to authorise technical tests for other courses of study offered by the University of Delhi, it is called by the Academic Council on Thursday,’’said Jaswinder Singh, secretary Federation of Teachers universities , Associations of media. There are 18 major universities in the country.

On January 4 FECUTA UGC had rejected the decision of the joint review, and they call undemocratic interference in the autonomy of institutions of higher education. The Aligarh Muslim University is the first action against the UGC directive.

Obwohl”Wir are part FECUTA, our status is different than other central universities. We are a minority institution, by an act of Parliament. UGC can not change our admissions process, without having ratified by Parliament,’’said WASIM Ahmed, a former Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Executive Board to adopt AMU.

Ahmed said the HRD ministry had misinterpreted the Supreme Court judgement.