Sibal to meet IIT faculty representatives tomorrow

New Delhi, October 01: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal will meet the faculty representatives of the Indian Institutes of Technology tomorrow, the Ministry announced this morning.

The meeting requested by All India IIT Faculty Federation president P Kenimozhi on Saturday is being scheduled almost a week after members across India kept the token fast on September 24 to protest professional curbs. The Minister ”is ready to meet them tomorrow before leaving on official visit to Paris on the 3rd,” spokesperson Mamta Varma said, adding ”the same is being communicated to the IIT faculty.”

—Agencies