Friday, December 19, 2008, (New Delhi)
The Indian Institutes of Management and the Central government could be heading for another round of confrontations on the key issues of autonomy and fee structure for the premier institutions.
The institutes have rejected recommendations by the Bhargava Committee set up by the HRD Ministry to review the functioning of IIMs.
They say the recommendations if implemented would have compromised the standard of India's premier business schools.
The IIMA disagrees with the recommendation of the Committee to create a Pan-IIM Board. Instead, wants greater autonomy to the IIMA Board.
IMA disagrees on faculty compensation, proposes that faculty compensation be de-linked from the government compensation structure. IIMA will find its own resources to pay the faculty.
IIMA disagrees with the government proposal to set up new IIMs that would be mentored and supported by the existing IIMs.
Instead, IIMA would propose that it should be permitted to set up campuses in new locations, both within and outside India.
PTI adds:"The IIM-A board meeting was held to deliberate on the recommendations of the R C Bhargava Committee. We have not arrived at any final decision on the subject," IIM-A director Samir Barua told reporters after the meeting.
Some of the 22 recommendations put forward by the Bhargava committee, submitted to the central government on September 25 this year, have been opposed by the IIMs.
The committee has recommended constitution of a pan-IIM board, i.e. one board for all the IIMs and deciding the structure of fee of IIMs and faculty compensations and shortage.
However, the IIMs are understood to have disagreed with the pan-India board and instead pressed for greater autonomy to the premier business schools.
On the Bhargava committee's suggestion for delinking faculty compensation from the government the IIMs want permission to raise their own resources and set up campuses in and out of India.
The Bhargava committee has also recommended changes in the admission procedure of the IIMs.
Earlier, the IIM-A under the directorship of Dr Bakul Dholakia was locked in a showdown with the Union Human Resource Development ministry over the autonomy of IIMs.
"In the report which we are going to submit to the central government, we will explain why we agree or have reservations on the recommendations of Bhargava committee," Barua said.
An IIM-A board member, who was also present in the meeting said, "We have taken views of all the board members, even of those who were not present, by e-mail. We had a detailed discussion on recommendations but have not arrived at any final conclusion."
He added that if need be the board will meet again before forwarding its report to the ministry."
IIM-A is likely to convene another board meeting in a week or ten days, sources in the institute revealed.
The Indian Institutes of Management and the Central government could be heading for another round of confrontations on the key issues of autonomy and fee structure for the premier institutions.
The institutes have rejected recommendations by the Bhargava Committee set up by the HRD Ministry to review the functioning of IIMs.
They say the recommendations if implemented would have compromised the standard of India's premier business schools.
PTI adds:"The IIM-A board meeting was held to deliberate on the recommendations of the R C Bhargava Committee. We have not arrived at any final decision on the subject," IIM-A director Samir Barua told reporters after the meeting.
Some of the 22 recommendations put forward by the Bhargava committee, submitted to the central government on September 25 this year, have been opposed by the IIMs.
The committee has recommended constitution of a pan-IIM board, i.e. one board for all the IIMs and deciding the structure of fee of IIMs and faculty compensations and shortage.
However, the IIMs are understood to have disagreed with the pan-India board and instead pressed for greater autonomy to the premier business schools.
On the Bhargava committee's suggestion for delinking faculty compensation from the government the IIMs want permission to raise their own resources and set up campuses in and out of India.
The Bhargava committee has also recommended changes in the admission procedure of the IIMs.
Earlier, the IIM-A under the directorship of Dr Bakul Dholakia was locked in a showdown with the Union Human Resource Development ministry over the autonomy of IIMs.
"In the report which we are going to submit to the central government, we will explain why we agree or have reservations on the recommendations of Bhargava committee," Barua said.
An IIM-A board member, who was also present in the meeting said, "We have taken views of all the board members, even of those who were not present, by e-mail. We had a detailed discussion on recommendations but have not arrived at any final conclusion."
He added that if need be the board will meet again before forwarding its report to the ministry."
IIM-A is likely to convene another board meeting in a week or ten days, sources in the institute revealed.
The Indian Institutes of Management and the Central government could be heading for another round of confrontations on the key issues of autonomy and fee structure for the premier institutions.
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