MANIT: FIELD REPORT ON LATEST STATUS

We got this report from Gaurav. Posting the same as it is

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On behalf of Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE, no2ragging.org), I, Gaurav Singhal, visited MANIT on Apri l5th, 2010. Here is my report, from my internal email to the NGO. I am not attaching the pics mentioned in the report below.
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I visited MANIT Bhopal on this Monday and first headed towards the freshers hostel. There I first met with three SPA second year students (Two of them in the pics) and they informed that ragging this year was nothing compared to the last year, and all that has become possible due to appointment of new director and the dean of student welfare. I then talked to the security person and he told that since the college administration made a flying squad of 5 security people for night raids, gave them 3 bikes and a mobile phone and gave this number to every fresher, incidents of ragging esp in night at hostels became negligible. The college also had two segregated fresher hostels with only one point of entry where this guard in the picture was sitting, and during first 3-4 months no senior was allowed inside the fresher hostels. He said that since the time the new private security has been hired, it has been very strict with rules and regulations.

Then I caught up 12 fresher guys (6 groups, each with two guys) in different parts of the campus and all of them said the ragging was very very mild this year. they all praised the efforts made by the new admin. I even forced them to say something- i mean something might have happened to them... but they ALL said it , was very mild and few of the cases that were reported to the flying squad, the seniors were caught red handed and strictly punished, so after those cases ragging almost stopped.

ALL the students of the college also submitted the affidavits as stipulated by UGC this year.

Also recently there was a call to submit 4000/- by the freshers, but the freshers informed that all the wardens asked freshers not to do so, so only 10-20% freshers have paid it, rest have refused and the seniors could do nothing.

After that I met with dean of student welfare Dr. V. K. Khare (pic attached) and congratulated him on the steps taken. I tried to acknowledge the good work done and motivate them even further. He asked me and SAVE to come with even better suggestions and said that he will try to implement them also.

He also said that it was not him but a whole team of people who were responsible for the improved situation. he refused to take the credit for himself only.

Sibal nod for sacking 62 teachers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sibal-nod-for-sacking-62-teachers/articleshow/5911000.cms

NEW DELHI: In a big clean-up act, HRD minister Kapil Sibal has approved cancellation of appointment of more than 60 teachers of the prestigious Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Bhopal, who were recruited illegally in 2005.

Sources in MNIT said 15 assistant professors and 47 lecturers besides training and placement officer and librarians would lose their jobs. Sources said many teachers did not even meet the criterion of basic academic qualification while some paid bribes to get the job.

Sibal has asked officials to simultaneously rescind these appointments and begin fresh recruitment. However, officials at MNIT said they were still to et any communication from the HRD ministry.

These teachers in the rank of lecturers and assistant professors (system of designation has since changed) have been working for the last five years. NITs, directly under the HRD ministry, are being modelled on the lines of IITs.

"Reversal of appointments in such a large number will definitely harm the reputation of NITs,” an NIT director said.

"What is shocking is that no action was taken despite a report by a fact-finding committee in 2008 against their appointment," he added.

The issue of illegal appointments resurfaced when CBI sought HRD ministry’s approval to investigate the role of Rajneesh Shrivastava, currently director NIIT, Jamshedpur, in recruitment of an assistant professor when he was at MNIT, Bhopal. It came to notice that as per the directions of the ministry, MNIT had set up a fact-finding committee in 2007 that looked into irregularities in appointments including the one for which Shrivastava was being held responsible.

The ministry then decided that since Shrivastava was not alone in taking the decision, it would be proper to deal with lacunae in appointments pointed out by the fact-finding committee. The committee had even suggested a separate inquiry to investigate allegations of bribery in appointment. Therefore, it was decided to cancel all the
appointments.

Jolt to MANIT Director & Complete Reshuffle at MANIT

Details as per HT Bhopal

HC Jabalpur had vacated the stay order on removal of Director K S Pandey by MHRD. Therefore, Mr R P Singh had been appointed in charge Director being senior most by BoG.

Further changes at MANIT/MACT as under-

NEW DEAN -

1. Dr Gayatri Agnihotri -Administration

2. Dr P Suryanarayan -Planning & Development

3. Dr D M Deshpandey - Faculty Welfare

4. Dr. R K Dubey - Academy

5. Dr G Dixit - Research & Consultancy

6. Dr V K Khare - Student Welfare

New HOD -

1 Dr S K Dubey - Civil/Chemical/GIS

2 Dr S K Bhardwaj - Electrical Engg

3.Dr Ganga Agnihotri - Energy

4.Dr S C Shrivastwa -Electronics & Communication

5.Dr J L Rana - Science & IT

6.Dr N D Mittal - Applied Mechanics

7.Dr Geeta Agnihotri - Mechanical & Production

8.Dr K R Pardharshani - MCA & Bio Informatics

9.Dr Alka Bharat - Architecture & Planning

10. Dr Ashish Deshpande - Humanities

Funding anti corruption fight @ MACT/MANIT

The next hearing of the case in court is 17th of March. That means we have less than 10 days to pay the lawyer to represent Teacher's of MANIT in HC.

We have been informed that currently MANIT staff is 2.5 Lakhs short of fund to approach the lawyer.

Btw, as per Grapevine Mr. Pandey shelled out 15 lakhs for the hotshot advocate who represented him to get a stay from HC. Also to note is the fact that MANIT Lawyer is a govt. advocate and not in league with the defense advocate.

Please take this as a SOS call and spread the word.

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Time has come for action, so long we have been arm-chair critics and "Anonymous" commentators on the state of affairs in our Alma Matter. We should all come out in strong support for the cause of "Save MANIT".

Please see the message below. Please contribute generously for this cause. I know we will still find excuse for not being a party to change. We will talk about recession and about the initiative being a facade for money laundering and a million more reasons. This is the time to repay the institute which for better or worse, still plays an important part in deciding what you are today.

Dear Friends,

All of us are aware of the sordid state of affairs which led to the dismissal of the Director, MANIT a couple of weeks back.

The joy was shortlived as the sacked Director has been reinstated by a court stay.

Apparently, he has hired a hot shot lawyer to represent him.

The staff at MANIT requires funding for engaging an eminent lawyer from Delhi to fight the case.

I appeal to all to extend support by donating generously to this cause.

RTI Application on MANIT

MANIT in news again

Director again appointed same SECURITY Agency which came under suspicion of BUCH Committee. Therefore, matter had been handed to CBI Bhopal by the Chairman as per advise of BOG (Board of Governors).It is to be noted that CBI Chief of MP Circle is Mr Alok Pateria (DIG) who is from MACT(82,Batch-Mech).

HT News Article on MANIT

Copy of Order passed by Chairman BOG

Copy of order passed by Chairman BOG against Mr Ashutosh Sharma.

News Article on MANIT

Finally some action seems to be in offing..

Hi,

 

Another action by Board of Governors (BoG) of MANIT (MACT).

 

Major Points as under-

 

1. All the members of Scrutiny and Selection committee since 2005 are BANNED for 

    controversial selection of staff since 2005.

2. Houses to be re-allotted and penalty to be charged.

3. Former Director (Dr K S Sayann) to be warned for arbitrary actions.

4. Security agency to be replaced ( From Pvt agency to CISF)

5. All deputation to be cancelled.

Dr Sharma might lose post of HoD

Director K S Pandey not taking action as per advise of MHRD hence at last Chairman Mr A N Singh has to take action. Read HT report . Another KPS Gill story......

  

The detail report of HT of  today as under-

 

Reverted to Asst Prof in major fallout of Buch Report

 

Dr Sharma might lose post of HoD

 

Following Approval of the Board of Governors (BoG) of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Professor and Head of Department of Architecture and Planning Dr Ashutosh Sharma has been reverted to the post of Assistant Professor. This would mean that he couldn't hold the post of head of department anymore.

 

Also he has to be removed from any other administrative post he holds and is barred from holding any such post in future.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Governors Mr A N Singh signed the order himself on Tuesday after the Director Dr K S Panday and the registrar and member secretary of the BoG R K Diwedi refused to do so even after repeated instruction by chairman.

 

However neither the Director nor Chairman could be  contacted on the issue.

The Chairman reportedly wrote on the orders clearly that he had to sign the orders following refusal by the director and MS of BoG to do so.

The order also mentioned that Dr Sharma should not hold any position in future as he was found involved in irregularities , sources said.

Earlier Dr Sharma had been removed from the post of Dean of Administrative of the institute following directives of the chairman as fallout of the MN Buch committee report.

 

It may be mentioned that in his report ,M N Buch had recommended reversal of  Dr Sharma from the post as his interdisciplinary Phd was in question and made him ineligible to become a professor.

Upon the directives of the union HRD Ministry that accepted the Buch committee report in toto , the chairman had instituted an enquiry committee headed by former DGP of Chhattisgarh S N Shukla. The Shukla committee also reportedly came up with a report corroborating Buch report and the board of Governors of the institute accepted this enquiry report recently. However despite directives the the director was not issuing the orders of the reversal forcing the chairman BoG o sign the orders himself on Tuesday , sources said.

 

When contacted , Dr Ashutosh Sharma said that he was on medical leave and had not received any such order. He said that if any such action was taken against him it was a step personal vendetta by the chairman of the BoG  A N Singh as he ( Dr Sharma) had filed public interest litigation ( PIL) against the chairman questioning his eligibility in becoming the chairman of NIT , as he ( Singh) was neither engineer/technologist nor academician.

Letters from MHRD asking for action

News in Bhopal HT

The Bhopal HT of date (4/4/08) published news as under-

MANIT Dean removed !!!

Institute Director gets Stern warning !!!

The controversial Dean ( Administration) Of Maulana Azad National College of Institute(MANIT) Dr Ashutosh Sharma was on Thursday removed from his post.However, he continues to hold the post of Head of Department of Architecture & Planning of institute.

Institute Director Dr K S Pandey issued an order removing Dr Sharma and appointing the Head of Energy Centre and Energy Engineering Dr Saroj Rangnekar as Dean Administration.

The Dean of Human Resource that was so far held by Dr Rangnekar has been abolished and Dean administration would henceforth look after the work pertaining to HR.
The removal of Dr Sharma from the important post was one of the recommendation of Mr Buch report.
WARNING TO DIRECTOR: The development came just a day after director Dr K S Pandey had meeting with the secertary of the MHRD Mr.R P Agrawal. The Director had been summoned to New Delhi by the Secretary in the context of the implementation of Mr.Buch Committee report. Sources said that the director was warned on the issue and asked to work as per the rules.He was also asked to put the house in order and ensure that no further irregularities took place. The Secretary is said to have told the director that ministry would take action upon the report by the Chairman within fortnight.

Recently,MHRD Minister Mr. Arjun Singh had told media persons in Bhopal that the ministry had accepted the recommendations of Buch Committee in Toto.

Dr. Sharma along with the students' council advisor of the head of training and placement cell Dr Aruna Saxena and assistant professor Dr Abhay Sharma were clearly mentioned in the Buch committee report as being involved in irregular appointment.

Chairman Mr A N Singh had in November2007 ordered the director to remove all these three persons from all important administrative posts , including that of Head of department. The removal of Dr Sharma from post of Dean administration is thus only partial implementation of the directives. The Chairman had also directed posting of senior most professors to the post of Dean (Administration) while Dr. Rangnekar is behind at least half dozen faculty members in seniority list, institute sources said.

Some Good News

Hi,

At last action has been taken in MANIT( MACT) as under :-

1. Mr Aushutosh Sharma removed from post of Administration Dean. However Still Head of Architecture and Planning.

2. Dr Saroj Rangnekar appointed as Dean Administration with immediate effect.

These actions immediately after meeting with Secretary MHRD Mr R P Agrawal at New Delhi. As per HT Bhoapl Director has been asked to take all action as per Mr Buch's report within 15 days. Director has also asked to put he house in order.

Will advise you further developments.

Letter from MHRD

REcieved by mail on March 31

We have the copy of letter written by Dy Education Adviser ( NIT) ,MHRD. New Delhi to Director MANIT on 7 July 2005 confirming that Any Vacant position should not be filled till appointment of New Director.

However, Ashutosh Sharma had gone ahead and filled the positions in MANIT which clearly NULL and VOID. Therefore all the appointments will get CANCELLED with immediate effects.

We request to all Faculty members who had been appointed at that time please do not support Sharma/Saxena as they can not SAVE your job at all.

Please support Members who are fighting against to save MANIT. These Members may SAVE your job in future as Sharma/saxna may loose their Job shortly.

Students Threatened

Recieved this by mail on March 31

Hi,

Mr Arjun Singh is in Bhopal since yesterday, and Journalist asked him about action as per Mr Buch report in MANIT . Mr Singh confirmed that actions will be taken very shortly.

On this Ashutosh Sharma and Archana Saxena has called Today at 10.30 AM the Members of Student Council and asked them to boycott the coming exams in support of Sharma/Saxena.The students had been threatned for punishment if do not support . Students had been told that they will be FAILED in Viva etc.

Keeping an eye on furthere development and advise you details.

Pl put above on Blog immediately as students want to give their comment.

Notice to Director MANIT

This mail was sent by an Alumni, one of very few who is still trying to do something for MANIT/MACT

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Hope you all might had left MANIT on its own but there are some people still in action and hope to put back MANIT/MACT on track !!!!

 

Some of the latest activity at Bhopal as under-

 

As per instruction of Mr Nawaz Quershi ( Correspondent- Crime look , Bhopal) ,  Advocates M/S Pradeep Bhargava & A B Dubey had sent a notice to Director MANIT, Bhopal asking what action has been taken on Mr D K Raghuvanshi ( Mgr- STEP) and Dr J L Rana for corruption charges of worth Rs 100 Lacs. Advocates had also requested -  Director to give clerification within one month of Notice otherwise they will file a PIL .( The details of Notice as attached - 2 Pages)

 

Further, we understand that Board Of Govenors of MANIT  had conducted a meeting and Govenors has requested Director MANIT to take action as per discussion. As soon as we will get details will be informed.   

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Message from an alumnus

Message from Alumnus....

Hi Friends,

 

I think now we have to stop discussion and come to conclusion to do something concrete. 

 

Let me tell you that  in this cleaning operation We have done lot of investigation and came to know. that even Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has set up a VISION for all NIT for 2010 and 2025. There is also proposal that as IITans has Brand and having strong Alumni network called PAN-IIT. All the NIT will have the their own Brand and  strong data network which will be known as DAN-NIT. In this process SVNIT, Surat has already started on line voting etc as per details collected from net sites.( *Details as under  Annex- I )

 The points which came during discussion in various forum and can be concluded as-

 1. We have to ensure that actions as promised by MHRD are implemented .

2. Filing of RTI applications to put pressure for immediate action.

 AFTER this-

 

1. Formation of Strong Alumni with duely approved/recognised by MANIT.( This should be 

    taken care by Bhopal Alumni.Proforma Regist.attached Annex-II)

2. To put a Representative of Alumni on Board of Governors as per NIT act.

3. Sub Committee of Alumni at MANIT as per RTI act Chapter 9 Page 34.

4. Scholarship from Alumni.

5. Every year Alumni function at MANIT on 4TH September i.e. foundation day of MACT.

    ( Or can be discussed and finalised)

6.Every Batch should arrange their function at MANIT after completing 15 or20 or 25 years.

   ( Can be finalised by Batch-mates)

 

Any other suggestion and comments.

 

                             Annex- I   

From:-      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology

NIT act -  

http://rajyasabha.gov.in/legislative/amendbills/hrd/XLIII_2006.pdf

Student elections

All the NITs individually conduct annual student elections to elect a General Secretary and Vice President of the student body. These people are generally responsible for communicating with the college management and media, organising college festivals, and also for various development programmes in their college. Some NITs (like SVNIT,* Surat ) have recently adopted online voting process. Moreover, to promote student involvement in the management, it is mandatory to have a student body representative in the committee which monitors the flow of funds and suggests ways to invest them in the best possible way. This committee also consists of the Chairman of Board, an MHRD Representative, and NIT professors

 

·        http://www.svnit.ac.in/alumni/index.php

 

Alumni  

NIT alumni are working in all parts of the globe and many alumni associations exist in cities around the world. However, despite great achievements by NITians, the NIT brand is somewhat downplayed by the Indian media in favor of IITs. But with the newly found NIT status, NITs are no longer expected to keep a low profile. In fact, by 2010, NITs are expected to sit equally with the IIT brand. All the NITs have chalked out vision plans to make the NIT brand stronger.It is also proposed to set up a common DAN-NIT network on the association of the popular PAN-IIT network. This would include all the current alumni associations of individual institutes and would help in cretaing a more larger and accurate database and to bring together all NITians under a commmon umbrella with the intention of taking the NIT Brand ahead.

In most of the NITs, alumni sponsored scholarship programmes provide funding to poor students. However, NIT alumni need to be more active and show more enthusiasm in supporting their alma mater. Some of NITs alumni are working as professors in IITs, IISc, IIMs, NITs, and also abroad in colleges like Stanford and Caltech. Every year, a large number of NIT students carry on their education by joining prestigious institutes like IIMs, ISB, FMS, XLRI, IIFT, SPJIMR, IITs, NITIE, MDI, TISS in India and the likes of Stanford, Georgia Tech, and MIT abroad. Moreover, many former students from NITs occupy key positions in several global corporations.

See also: List of notable NIT alumni

 

 

 

Annex    II                 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Affix a passport size photograph

 

First Name - ______Middle Name ________Last Name­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________

 

Maiden Name:

Nick Name:

Gender:                                          Date of Birth:

 

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

 

Degree                     Department/Center     Year of Passing               Hostel/Day scholar

 

 

Details of Registration Fee*

 

Residence Address:

 

 

City:                                                           Pin code:

State:                                                          Phone

Country:                                                     Fax:

E-mail:                                                        Mob:

 

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

Occupation:

      Organization:

Designation:

Area of work:

 

Office Address:

City:                                                           Pin code:

State:                                                          Phone:

Country:                                                     Fax:

E-mail:

 

* Rs 500/- to be deposited by cash/DD in the account Section. Enclose photocopy of the   receipt/DD   with this Performa  and send it to Dean Alumni office MANIT Bhopal.( Exact details can be informed later)

  

 

 

Update from Bhopal

Understand that our Blog has been Blocked in MANIT campus since 12/11 and it opening rarely and also up to the activity dt 12/11. 

To file the RTI application the details available on MANIT official website and Chapter  concerned to us for filing the application are Chapter 1,17,18.

The URL-

http://manit.ac.in/downloads/Right_to_Information.pdf

Request people should visit to site and advise comments to file application at the earliest.

Secondly there is a rule as per NIT act that Alumni can have their Representative on Board of Governors in MANIT. The details of such rule  arranging and will be informed to all.  

Protest in Bhopal against our BLOG

Read it carefully and read it till the end. Here is a mail from one of our esteemed volunteers for the noble cause of cleaning up MACT. Please post your views for IMMEDIATE action in comments. Please do it as it has become the need of time:

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Firstly please note that there are 5 students under remand for beating of Manager of Liqueur Shop.Presently students are on Bail to attend the exams for 15 days.The condition of Manager is critical and he is on ventilator.Students will be in remand till he comes out from critical situation which the chances are remote.

Secondly the Sharma/Saxena has arranged around 150 people and protested in front of Mr. A N Singh ( Chairman) and informed him that lot of people working against college image and they have floated the Blog( our blog) which has to be stopped immediately. Chairman has asked them to file FIR in police against our Blog.

We are getting feeling from our sources that what ever is happening in MANIT is just eyewash and nothing will happen to SHARMA/SAXENA. In this situation request we should proceed for RTI or PIL.

Your requested please think on this and advise to me or on Blog.
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HT Bhopal News - 29th Oct

Another News article in HT Bhopal published on 29th of Oct. We will have to wait and watch as to what really transpires.