New Delhi: The Pay Review committee which was set up to recommend new pay scales for faculty of central technical institutions like IITs and IIMs, will now also suggest revised salaries for their physical education teachers and library staff.

The committee, headed by former director of Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, Prof Govardhan Mehta, has been entrusted with the work of recommending salary packets for a few thousand physical education teachers and library staff.

"This additional responsibility has been given to the committee. The committee has already met and is expected to submit its report within a month," a top HRD Ministry official told PTI here.

The committee was formed three months ago to study and recommend new pay packets for the faculty members of central technical institutions like IITs and IIMs.

Before submitting its recommendations, the committee will make a comprehensive study of recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission and the Chadha committee on university and college teachers.

The committee is also speaking to faculty members of the IIT's, IIMs, IIIT's and NIT's to consider their views before recommending an ideal pay package.

The committee is expected to address the major issue of retention of teachers and attracting more scholars to join teaching and research at these premier institutes.
Source : PTI