'Each IIM will have to recruit 23 teachers'

Seethalakshmi S & Mathang Seshagiri / TNN / Jun 30, 2006, 00:28 IST

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Former IIM-A director Samuel Paul has said that IIMs don't have requisite infrastructure to implement 27% OBC reservations.

'Each IIM will have to recruit 23 teachers'

BANGALORE: Former IIM-A director Samuel Paul has said that IIMs don't have requisite infrastructure to implement 27% OBC reservations. If IIM-A has no land to even build a shed, IIM-Kozhikode has a peculiar problem.
Its director has told the core group that as the institute is located in a hilly region, finding a contractor is difficult.
The situation is grim even on the faculty front.While the premier B-schools are struggling to fill even the sanctioned posts due to lack of qualified faculty, each IIM will have to recruit 23 additional faculty if the quota is implemented.
"This scale of recruitment has never happened in any of the IIMs. Each institute recruits only about five-six faculty every year, but finding 23 professors will not only result in intense competition among the IIMs but may also lead to poaching," Paul said.

All IIM directors want Centre to relax norms to overcome limitations in implementing the quota plan. IIMs have suggested that their respective Board of Governors be authorised to take final decisions on matters relating to recruitment, faculty compensation and capacity building to beat delay in getting government clearances.
"To attract good faculty, you need to offer attractive salary. IIMs have not been able to offer good compensation since they are bound by the Pay Commission.

The directors have suggested that the retirement age be relaxed from 62 to 65 years. The existing rules insist that the faculty has to be a PhD.
But in accounting, finance and marketing, it's difficult to find a faculty with a PhD. In these areas a good chartered accountant may be appointed," Paul said.
Though a final meeting of IIM directors to finalise their recommendations is scheduled for next week, Paul feels the entire exercise would be futile if the Brand IIM suffers due to quota.
"There is immense pressure on IIMs to implement quota because the intake is limited and pay packets are the best in the country. The government has to ensure that the brand is not destroyed while implementing reservations. If there is no brand, nobody gains — including the OBCs."

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