Minutes of the Annual General Body Meeting of the Faculty Association 
held on 08/02/2000

1. The General Secretary, Dr. Abinandanan, welcomed the gathering.

2. The minutes of the previous General Body Meeting were read out by the
   General Secretary. Approval of the minutes was proposed by Prof. Swami
   Manohar and seconded by Prof. Surolia, and the General Body approved the
   same.

3. Prof. Surolia, in his presidential address, stated that some of the 
   successes of the Faculty Association in the past year included the
   timely release of arrears as per the Fifty Pay Commission recommendations.

   Regarding the introduction of the cadre of Professor of Eminence, he
   said that the Council accepted this in principle in April 1999, and the
   approval of the Council for the eligibility criteria was reported in 
   the Senate. However, for some reason, this has yet to be established.

   Anomalies in the pay scale of SSO, TO, Scientific Assistants and 
   Assistant Professors were raised with the administration. The Anomalies
   Committee was set up to look in the matter, and a presentation was 
   made by the FA to the committee. The anomalies in the salary for
   Assistant Professors was resolved, but that of Senior Scientific
   Officers is yet to be resolved. 

   He expressed his unhappiness at the fact that issues that are most
   likely to benefit the members of the faculty get delayed in the
   Senate of the Council, such as the Professors of Eminence cadre.
   He said this has been raised with the Director at the most recent
   meeting.

   He said the FA was working towards making the institutions in the
   institute, such as SID, CSIC, etc. as transparent as possible.

   He expressed his happiness at being associated with the FA, and said
   this gave him a feeling of being a part of the organisation. He 
   urged other members also to take an active part in the FA activities.

4. The General Secretary, Dr. Abinandanan, presented the annual report.

5. One of the returning officers for the FA elections, Dr. Vasantacharya,
   presented the results of the elections for the Executive Committee. 
   There were two valid 
   nominations in Category 1, Prof. Diptiman Sen and Dr. P. S. Kulkarni,
   and they were declared unopposed. There were two valid nominations
   in Category 2, Dr. Ashok Raichur and Dr. K. Muthukumar, CEDT, and they 
   were declared elected unopposed. There was one valid nomination in 
   Category 4, Mr. Swayambu, and he was declared unopposed.

   Since there were two vacancies from Category 3 and on from Category
   4 with no valid nominations, nominations were sought from the floor.
   Dr. Prasad, Physics Department, was proposed for Category 3 by 
   Mr. Shivakumara and seconded by Prof. Surolia, and he was declared
   elected. Mr. C. Rajanna was proposed for Category 4 by Mr.
   Adinarayanamurthy and seconded by Mr. Shivakumara, and he was 
   declared elected. Ms. P. G. Vathsala (Biochemistry) was proposed
   for Category 3 by Mr. Shivakumara and seconded by Mr. Siddhagangappa,
   and was declared elected.

6. The annual report was presented by the General Secretary.

7. The meeting proceeded with the discussion of items from the floor.

   Dr. Vasan read out a letter which he had written to the EC of FA,
   expressing his unhappiness at the fact that the anomaly for the Senior
   Scientific Officers pay and the post of Chief Scientific Officer
   were not taken up by the administration. He proposed that the 
   General Body adopt a resolution expressing their unhappiness at
   the delay in implementing the Fifth Pay Commission Report for
   Senior Scientific Officers, and the delay in taking up the creation
   of the post of Chief Scientific Officer. The General Body 
   unanimously adopted the same.

   Dr. Prasad expressed the concern that the conversion from Technical
   Officer to Scientific Officer upon acquiring a PhD, which used to 
   be automatic, was now on the basis of an evaluation. The President
   stated that this will be taken up with the administration after
   ascertaining all the facts.

   Other issues such as poor campus maintainance, teaching and
   maintainance in the Kendriya Vidyalaya, car parking in Vijnanapura,
   statement of accounts of the pay commission arrears were also discussed.

   The General Secretary indicated that the reapportioning of the number
   of Executive Committee members among the different categories would 
   be taken up by the next Executive Committee in accordance with the
   Rules and Regulations of the Association.