New AIT senate chief's contract pulled
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The president of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) announced last week that he was revoking the new employment contract of the chairman of the institute's Academic Senate.
President Prof Said Irandoust wrote to Jayant Kunmar Routray on November 30 saying that he had revoked his new employment contract, which was to go into effect from January 1, 2013 until December 31, 2016.
The contract was pulled even though AIT executives had unanimously approved it in October. This decision comes after the Academic Senate resolved recently to call on the president to step down and take responsibility for the prob
