Strike by professors of IIT and IIM

The Professors of IIT and IIM are planning a hunger strike in a few days to protest the fresh pay structure awarded to them in the pay commission. One grouse is that the teachers at these "premier institutes" are now to be paid at par with those of the other UGC supported institutes (actually the differential is being reduced). The consulting income that these professors make (in part because they are professors at these institutes instead of any run-of-the-mill university) is ofcourse not part of the debate.

The irony is that the IIM chaps think that they deserve more than even the IIT profs. Given that the debate is based on the grounds that these institutes are "premier" I thought it would be worthwhile to check the kind of academic work they do. IIMA's website is quite informative when it comes to the kind of programs they offer. However, click here - on the research and publications weblink - and you will be greeted by a blank page. The research page ofcourse claims that IIM A produces a third of all the management research done in India. I wonder if they mean that they are responsible for a third of nothing !

As Ram Tzu says (refer previous post)

You stand at the edge
Ready to throw yourself in.

What a shock to discover

There is nowhere to go
And no one to throw

Go figure