Another news from Central Chronicle Bhopal. I think it is high time Alumni gets together and does something. Need of the hour is for people to come forward and get the ball rolling. I also urge MFA to look at all legal options.
MANIT students jump into row
By Our Staff Reporter
Bhopal, Nov 1: Perturbed over the appearing news reports, finally students of MANIT broke their silence on Thursday and jumped into the ongoing tug-of-war between the MANIT director and MANIT Faculty Association.
Reacting sharply over the appearance of media reports, the students under the banner of Technical Students Association (TSA)
has written a letter, dated November 1/07 to the Chairman, Board of Governors, MANIT demanding to safeguard careers of the 2,500 students.
In its letter TSA has demanded nine actions by the MANIT administration to protect the academic standards of the institute and come out with the result in 15 days.
If no such action would be taken, students would launch state-wide agitation, dharnas and take out marches, added the release. And if required, TSA will go to Delhi and meet HRD Minister and Prime Minister of India.
TSA also demanded action by the institute authorities on nine points (for obvious reasons, Central Chronicle has decided some of the points).
Here is the reprint of the TSA's demand and letter.
Strict action should be taken against the faculty members, who are working with NGOs.
Strict action should be taken against Savita Raje, Dr Nitin Dindorkar, Tripta Thakur, Mukul Kulshreshth and Dr Gayatri Agnihotri on their alleged association with NGOs.
A detailed closed door inquiry should be made from the institute students and insincere faculty members should identified and punished
Institute should immediately register a cyber crime case against the website http://savemanit.blogspot.com/. The faculty members involved in the website should be identified.
Computers of all above mentioned faculty members should be immediately seized.
The letter has been marked CC to Hon'ble Minister HRD, Director MANIT, Bhopal was released to the newspaper offices here on Thursday.
Earlier, Maulana Azad National Institute Technology Director KS Pandey condemned newspapers report that were published in a section of media about MANIT.
Later on Wednesday, MANIT Faculty Association, President Dr Gayatri Agnihotri, Secretary Prof. Tripta Thakur and treasurer Prof Kamal Singh reacted to the Maulana Azad National Institute Technology Director KS Pandey's press note that appeared in the October 31st edition of Central Chronicle.