tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post486692627172129248..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Clueless reporter of the dayAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-10272849326358476962009-08-28T09:17:51.039+05:302009-08-28T09:17:51.039+05:30Well a major fraction of faculty salary at Harvard...Well a major fraction of faculty salary at Harvard comes from the huge UG tution fees (Harvard is one of the most expensive schools). It is also able to generate <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125106917476952351.html" rel="nofollow">enormous private endowments</a> that the school invests in hedge-funds, private-equity firms etc. like private corporations. So in terms of financial organization it is an unfair comparison between IITs and Harvard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-11328729216008222502009-08-27T21:29:05.186+05:302009-08-27T21:29:05.186+05:30Vikram,
Professors at IIT do make Rs. 1.25 lacs p...Vikram,<br /><br />Professors at IIT do make Rs. 1.25 lacs per month including allowances. See<br /><br />http://giridharmadras.blogspot.com/2009/03/pay-scales-in-iisc.html<br /><br />Of course, there is no pressure to teach, publish, get funding...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-25826122125577915232009-08-27T19:26:56.539+05:302009-08-27T19:26:56.539+05:30I agree with Abi on this. A full professor at Har...I agree with Abi on this. A full professor at Harvard should be getting upward $250K pa, which is more like 10L than 5L. <br /><br />Clearly a clueless reporter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-50715506991565853132009-08-27T17:37:32.980+05:302009-08-27T17:37:32.980+05:30While I do think Manu Sharma is clueless, neverthe...While I do think Manu Sharma is clueless, nevertheless there is an unintended valid point being made.<br /><br />Even in tier 2 universities in the US, Profs make as much as US$120k a year (i.e., 5 lakhs a month). Using purchasing power parity arguments, shouldn't a Prof in the IITs make US30K a year, i.e., Rs. 1,25,000 a month? If we want to attract top quality academics back, IIT salaries are not attractive at all.<br /><br />Of course such pay hikes should also come with accountability requirementss, tenure and all that, which is the subject of an entirely different debate.Mark4https://www.blogger.com/profile/00265641874002390785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-47586380367563738352009-08-27T16:47:21.133+05:302009-08-27T16:47:21.133+05:30Dear Abi,
I think you have got the wrong point, Ma...Dear Abi,<br />I think you have got the wrong point, Manu has compared but never told that Professors in IIT should get the same salary as he/she should have got in Harvard.<br />Manu has done correctly what a media person should do, accumulate the news and report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-84685263741768204482009-08-27T16:06:44.631+05:302009-08-27T16:06:44.631+05:30"The IIT professors have demanded a scholasti..."The IIT professors have demanded a scholastic allowance of Rs 15,000. They point out that abroad, each time a researcher publishes a paper, he is paid for it separately."<br />Is this true?gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-85584387464568215982009-08-27T15:46:40.551+05:302009-08-27T15:46:40.551+05:30Many IIT professors can at least get a job in a th...Many IIT professors can at least get a job in a third rate US university and earn $50,000. <br /><br />Manu Sharma will not even get a job as a two-bit reporter at a third rate news network in US. That's the reason the former comparison is (reasonably) valid. <br /><br />There are hundreds of clueless reporters in our "top" news channels but not so many clueless professors in our top universities (IITs).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com