Poll Results - and the way ahead

We want to thank all of you for the response to the Poll, we had asked you all to vote for the route you would be willing to substantiate individually. Total of 175 MACTians voted and an overwhelming majority(70%) wants to take the PIL route. We need to get the wheels in motion for the same. This blog has been an attempt to get all on a common platform, but what we need to see now is some action happening.

So we request you all to get active NOW. Small things that you can do to help.

1. If anyone has contacts in Media, please ping them, talk to them about what is happening in MANIT, ask them to do an investigative, un-biased media piece on the same.
2. We know that a lot of MACTians will have trouble coming out in open, but the time demands that we become more and more vocal in our Alumni network. If we have to mount a campaign for PIL or even RTI, an active participation will be required. Lets start by having alumni meetings in major cities. Lets get organized.....

This blog will keep serving the cause, and we will make sure that communication between the alumni network in various cities is smooth.

MACTians it is our cause, Lets take the initiative and clean up the mess, and make our alma matter proud of us.

Please post news of any initiative you would like to share to savemact@gmail.com/savemanit@gmail.com

Finally the news is in India Today

MANIT seems to be creating news everywhere these days. India Today (Hindi edition) has published a full 2 page article on the corruption and politics in MANIT.

Click on the images to read the actual article. For those who are not comfortable with Hindi, here is the article translated in English:

Reputation at stake !!!

Once reputed institute for Engineering and Technology-MANIT, Bhopal presently at worst situation!!!

When MACT , Bhopal given the status of NIT in year 03-04 it was thought that this institute will reach to highest level in education by getting grant from centre, But this institute went in the grip of Education Mafia . Now people belongs to this institute feel that it was much better as REC.

Autonomous means PVT Ltd in this institute.Working condition in MANIT at its lowest level.MHRD appointed Mr.M N Buch to submit report on this institute and he mentioned in report that" Everything is wrong here. Now MHRD only can save it."

Present situation of MANIT is because of pact between Mr. Aushutosh Sharma ( Dean-Adm) and biggest contractor of this institute Mr. Sanjeev Saxena.Ex-student Mr. Sanjeev Saxena is having long Criminal Record. India Today having proof that police has registered around half a dozen cases again-est Mr.Saxena since 93-01.One of them is attempt to murder under IPC 307.

As MANIT gets financial grant from Central so there are irregularities in awarding major contract.In the financial year 2006, total 10 contracts worth Rs.7.5 Crore awarded and in this only Three companies participated in all the tenders. It is to be noted , that Rs.6.75 Crore contracts awarded to M/S S S Construction only and which is owned by Mr. Saxena. As per reports from MANIT all these 3 companies working in interest of each other.Mr. Buch mentioned in report that "there are irregularities in tenders and this has to be investigated in details.It is clear that financial grant given to MANIT not utilised properly and it was main reason behind this all problem.Mr Buch further mentioned that " Lot of things will come out in detail investigation and if institute has to be saved from this Contractor Mafia then strict action required immediately.

Congress party was having lot of interference when this institute was MACT. Mr Suresh Pachouri ( Min. of Parliamentary affair), Member Rajya Sabha Mr. S S Thakur are Ex-student of this college. It is well known fact that Mr Saxena is protected by some Senior Congress Members, bcoz of this he got his sister appointed Librarian in MANIT and wife Aruna Saxena as Proff. against all rules and his close relative Anshu Gupta as Lecturer. Praveen , younger brother of Saxena is President of PG Student of Association. As per Mr. Sharad Kumhre who has earlier informed to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) that One family is controlling Administration/Faculty /Students and getting valuable tenders.Mr. Buch mentioned in the report that Sharma has done graduation in B Arch and got his P.hd.in Psychology to get promotion.After his appointment as Lecturer in 88 he has got lot of promotion out of turn.

Mr Sharma became the Officer On Special Duty(OSD) as per his choice in the tenure of Mr.S K Jhalani who was the then Chairman of MANIT. Abhay Sharma younger brother was appointed Asst. Proff in Civil Engg.Dept without having Phd. in year 95.Mr Buch has mentioned about this irregularity in very rough language in his report and said that this is the best example of Bhai-bhatijavad.

When MANIT came under control of MHRD, all problem started from then onward and number of vacancies were created and filled by avoiding all rules and regulation.Kumhre has informed to CVC for irregularities in appointment of 65 vacancies during tenure of Acting Director Mr Syan. Thereafter Kumhre 's wife was terminated from institute however Kumhre's family got the stay order from High Court. All this happening in MANIT bcoz it's administration control at Delhi so local opposition not having any impression. If it would have been as MACT till now local administration must have interfered.

Last year lot of reputed companies has contacted to MANIT for campus interview but wife of Saxena, Aruna who is in charge of Training & Placement has diverted all companies to her husbands institutes named as Radharaman Institute of Engineering and Radharaman college of Pharmacy. As per senior faculty member " Saxena's Engg colleges are running on the cost of MANIT."

Mr.Buch said that MANIT is having every thing like Land/Infrastructure and above all the intelligent students but Govt has to clean this institute and take immediate and strong action. So, will the MHRD save this Engg institute before it die?

Central Vigilance Committee on investigation

Generally people believe on Central Vigilance Committee (CVC) for corruption charges, but Mr. Sharad Kumhare is having different experience in case of MANIT. In Dec 06 , Kumhre informed about corruption charges to CVC but there was no action from CVC. When Kumhre wanted to know through RTI act about progress in this matter he was surprised to note that CVC has forwarded his complaint to Chief Vigilance Officer of Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) . It is to be noted that IGNOU not at all connected to MANIT except both comes under direct administration of MHRD.

Kumhre has been informed officially by IGNOU that all his complaint do not pertains to them.

MANIT 's financial report for the year 05-06 categorically mention about irregularities in financial matter but Board of Director- MHRD has not paid any attention to this. Report further clarified that there was Rs.1.6 Crore difference in Cash Book and Books of Account which has been completely ignored .

In the account report of 01-02 said that as per Bank statements there was lot of transaction made without proper approval. Gwalior situated Auditor General ( General & Commercial Accounts) has reported that there is no proper clarification has been given about Bank Transaction as on date which indicate of malpractices in transaction which should be corrected.

MR. Buch ( Rtd IAS) said to clean this institute, MHRD has to take immediate action.Mr.Kumhre ( Volunteer anti- Corruption Organization) - Being administration control of Institute at Delhi hence there is no effect of local opposition. Now SAVE MACT/MANIT.

Proceedings in the Background

As we all know that this blog is gaining popularity by each passing day, there are a lot of activities as well which are going in the background. Probably the reactions and suggestions of our alumni should come up on the blog. So here is a small list:

MACT Alumni Hyderabad

"I read the blog......After all these years some people have got the guts to start something good like this.....I don't think anyone who has passed out from MACT / MANIT in last 10-12 years can disagree with anything written in the blog..... These have been open secrets all along....If you see the comments to the post, its only by long term associates of BOSS. I am just surprised that they are so easily threatened by a mere blog post...What is more surprising is that all "good people" have chosen to remain silent even in an anonymous medium..."

"we should discuss this issue with seniors, the recent batch of alumni members, and also to the prof. who are free to participate in this discussion ,including prof. xxxxxxxx. We should then take a dispasionate conclusion and then send our recommendations to the ministry. This is essential to stop all the media fighting going on in the college which is bringing a bad name to our noble institute."

MACT Alumni Bangalore

"After reading all the horrendous stories, I am in dilemma: Should I be happy that I am not the current student of MACT who has to undergo all this or should I feel bad at looking my college going to the state of shackles?"

The list is not comprehensive, but the comments are sufficient that people still care about their Alma Mater.

We request everyone to promote this blog among the groups you are enrolled in. If it becomes difficult to support this blog with your identity, please add our profile to the group and we will do it.

SaveMANIT Blog in News

It is indeed a pleasure to see our efforts sprouting up gradually. Dainik Bhaskar published an article about this blog on 18th of October 2007. Here it is:

The translated version of this article (courtesy, another die hard volunteer for this blog):

Save MANIT - Voice all over !!!

Well-wishers of MANIT are eagerly waiting for the action from MHRD on report of Mr.M N Buch.

Well-wishers are waiting for the action from MHRD so that MANIT again gets image back.Present and Ex-Students wants to see action from Govt in the institute and they have also given lot of suggestion to improve the image of institute.

After the report in Bhaskar , Ex- Students of MANIT ( MACT) not only from India but from abroad has taken it very seriously and they have put a Blog as " SAVE MANIT." This blog is very famous in the field of Technical Education system and who ever care for MANIT has put in his suggestion or remark on this Blog. Everyone feels on Blog that as of now all card of MANIT are open so Govt should take immediate and strong action to put back this prestigious institute on track. As Mr. Arjun Singh ( Min. MHRD) is from MP therefore he is also responsible for all the mess.

They said...!!!

Proff. N D Mittal said that what ever mentioned in the report of Mr.Buch is not only hundred percentage true but situation is worest then that. Lot of EX- FACULTY members has tried their level best to set right the institute but all in vain. MANIT become the puppet in the hands of certain people. V S Thakur said that why Govt has not taken action till date when report was submitted in June 07, immediate action is required on all who is responsible to regain the image of this institute. Dr R K Patra said that present faculty members who are appointed recently will not even get the job outside so can we expect the quality education in the institute from them ?

Thank God, Dr N D Mittal survives.

Thank God, Dr N D Mittal survives.
But will this Institute survive the doings of Ashutosh and Sanjeev Saxena???

Dr N D Mittal, Faculty Applied Mechanics, MANIT, has attempted suicide on 22.10.07. With God's mercy he is now out of danger, although he is still hospitalized in ICU.

The event had its roots ion Dr Mittal's message to savemanit blog. The next day, a meeting was summoned by Ashutiosh Sharma, and was attended by 65 new recruits who have made their entry into the institute after paying huge bribes. Ashutosh then asked this group of students to have a signature campaign and move papers to MHRD, saying that Dr Mittal is making defamatory statements against MANIT , and should therefore be suspended from his job.

Dr Mittal was seen under immense pressure since then. The new recruits were mocking him around, and some say that he had even received threats. To top it, the final blow was given by M K Gupta, who has now become Dean (Academic) with the blessings of Ashutosh. It may be noted that Gupta owes a lot to Ashutosh, who had made him a Professor even when he was without the mandatory PhD. The MHRD had then directed that M K Gupta be reverted as his promotion was illegal, but Ashutosh and the Director have seen to it that the orders of MHRD are not implemented. So our Junior-most professor now occupies the post of Dean Academic, and is perpetually busy in enjoying things that he most savors: the Samosas and the dirty institute politics. Naturally, feeling obliged, he misbehaved with Dr Mittal, during the RDC of one of his PhD students and tried to damage the student in his capacity as Dean, academic (One is left to wonder if Gupta knows anything of academics at all). Soon after the scuff, Dr Mittal took poison (some say that he was made to drink poisoned tea by Gupta and the associates of Ashutosh, but this is to be verified. Let us await Dr Mittal's return. Some also say that M K Gupta has already filed an FIR against the ailing Dr Mittal to safeguard himself).

This is the second time in the past 6 months that a sincere person like Dr ND Mittal has been forced to enter into such a situation. Earlier Dr Mittal was threatened by the Director K S Pandey, and was removed from HODship , and was humiliated and insulted in front of juniors. As always the institute is only trying to paint him as a case of depression, a disease that itself has been inflicted by MANIT and the likes of Ashutosh, and his goons on those who are really worthy of being called teachers.

The incident forces us to look for deeper queries:

1. What is the fate of sincere teachers at MANIT? Will they be all forced to obey the dictates of Ashutosh?

2. Will the goonda gang ever feel apologetic and ashamed ? Or will it continue to mint money and to ask questions like
Who is Buch? What is his integrity? Why is our corruption not justified when it has been taking place in MANIT and elsewhere? We are so innocent, and we are running the institute fairly, only to be tarnished by the likes of Professor Mittal and MN Buch.

3. Are we so full of apathy that we will not see the pain of sincere people? Will we finally act? Or shall, we just forget the likes of N D Mittal and let them suffer the agony of being honest and sincere??

Your anonymous TEACHER.

Detailed mail from faculty

Hello,

We are a group of senior professors at MANIT.Unable to write our names because of fear of physical violence by these goons against us and our family.We fully agree with all what is being published in newspapers or reported elsewhere.We wish to bring to everybody's notice some other important facts regarding how this institute is run by Sanjeev Saxena Incorporation,who are the key members and what roles are being played by them.The list is mindboggling :-

(1)Mrs.Aruna Saxena : She is a passout of this college and the wife of Sanjeev Saxena.She joined the institute in 1998 when the then director Mr.Y.K.Sharma took money from Sanjeev Saxena and signed her appointment letter on his last day in the office.She was a lecturer only till 2005 when suddenly she jumped two levels and became a professor in 2005 flouting all standard norms.This elevation is totally illegal and inspite of being reported in the Butch committee report,no action has been taken on this.After being elevated to the level of professor,she was immediately made Prof.Incharge(Training & Placement).This very important position gives her immense power to exercise control over the students.No student can oppose Sanjeev Saxena or his goons for fear of not only violense/physical assault but fear of losing placement opportunities also.She also sees to it that most companies visiting MANIT also visit Sanjeev Saxena's college Radharaman Institute.She has been provided with a luxurious room in the college and all A-class facilities including an advanced laptop worth almost Rs.3 lacs when even senior faculty members are struggling to get an ordinary desktop woth Rs.30-40,000 from the college.

(2)Ashutosh Sharma:He is Dean(Admin)and by virtue of this position is next to the director only.He is always the Incharge director in regular director's absence and uses his official powers in such an arbitrary manner that people cannt even imagine.He terrorises people not clost to sanjeev saxena and tortures them by way of depriving them of their normal post-related rights.He is amongst the most well-known agents of sanjeev saxena in the college.Coming from an ordinary middle-class background(his father retired as a professor from the same instt.),he has made crores of money over the last six-seven years thanks to his proximity to sanjeev saxena and some politicians.He has invested a significant amount of his money in a hospital run by his sister and brother inlaw.The hospital is known as Narmada Hospital and is in the most posh location(Arera Colony)of Bhopal.The land on which the hospital is built is worth crores of rupees and it is anybody's guess where the money came from.It should be noted that his sister and sister's husband Dr.Rajesh Sharma were practising at Hoshangabad prior to shifting their base to Bhopal recently.How can anybody earn crores of rupees in a very small place like Hoshangabad?Perhaps the Income tax authorities should take some interest in examining this because if properly investigated,this guy Ashutosh Sharma can prove out to be another Yogiraj Sharma.

(3)R.K.Baghel:This guy has joined the institute on a Scheduled Caste Certificate which has always been under a cloud. Whether the certificate is fake or genuine has not been conclusively established as yet.He was made Prof.Incharge(Office Administration) almost two years ago and almost all powers of the serving registrar were delegated to him.He exercises tremendous powers this way and keeps harassing faculty & other staff if they do not bend before his will or do not support sanjeev saxena.He has also made wealth worth millions and is the proud owner of very costly land in and around bhopal.He owns land at some very prime locations and dabbles in stock market on the strength of his newly found wealth.To make him even more powerful,the registrar has suddenly been retired recently and a dummy called R.K.Dwivedi has been given this responsibility.This man R.K.Dwivedi is a lecturer and joined the college as an Asstt.Workshop Suptdt(a post equivalent to lecturer)when he was not even an engg graduate.He was a mere diploma holder and completed his part-time B.E.from SATI,Vidisha.How competent this guy is and how suitable he is for such a sensitive position,anybody can understand.His job will now be to act as a cover for R.K.Baghel who is very corrupt & unscruplous.R.K.Baghel acted as a "Dalal" for sanjeev saxena during the recruitment process and was awarded with a free selection for his brother inlaw Alok Singh (Baghel).

(4)S.P.S.Rajput:He is an Asst.Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engg.He acted as the "Dalal" for Sanjeev saxena for the Deptt.of Mechanical Engg.when the recruitment process took place in 2005.He collected money from a number of guys and passed it onto sanjeev saxena.These guys were eventually selected in the department of mechanical engg and almost all of them like R.S.Rana,Vishal Parashar,Amit Sohane,Akhilesh Soni,etc. are passouts of substandard private engg colleges of gwalior & bhopal.To reward his dalali skills,his younger brother and a real nincompoop called sarvesh pratap singh rajput was accommodated as a lecturer in the deptt.of civil engg in the same process and was selected as a "free seat" candidate.Rajput was further rewarded with the post of Prof.Incharge Security.His job is to ensure a smooth run for sanjeev saxena's illegal activities in the campus.He collaborates with sanjeev saxena's man Manoj sharma who supplies security personnel to the college under Eagle Security Sevices.This man Manoj Sharma was jailed last year due to a security scam but came out soon.He supplies almost 120 security personnel to the college on paper but in reality only about 80 odd personnel are serving.So the coolege is paying for 120 personnel and getting services of 80 personnel only.Who are the major beneficiaries of this is anybody's guess.Rajput has also made lots of money through these corrupt practises and has invested heavily in land,houses and stock market.

(5)Sanjay Soni:An Asstt.Professor in the Deptt.of Applied Mechanics.This guy is Prof.Incharge Stores.He controls all purchases in the college and religiously passes on money to sanjeev saxena.He has been instrumental in the purchase of many useless but very costly machines that are lying waste.But the idea was never linked to the technical requirement of the college.It was always linked to making more and more money by purchasing as costly machines as possible.He has also become very rich in the last few years.

(6)Junaid Rahim:He was serving as a lecturer in Sanjeev Saxena's college Radharaman Instt.before joining this institute in 2005.He was a mere engg graduate with hardly anything to show upon otherwise also but was inducted due to sanjeev saxena's clout.Immediately after his joining,he was made Prof.Incharge Construction.Can anybody explain how such a junior guy who was having a probation period of two years before being confirmed could be assigned such an important responsibily?His job is to ensure smooth functioning for all construction projects handled by Sanjeev Saxena's S.S.Constructions.He clears every construction related file without any delay and with his eyes closed.Additionally he has been rewarded with the post of Coordinator M.P.Step.To make him free from other load,this guy has never been allotted classes over the past two years and has been given a Type-4 house for his excellent contribution to Sanjeev Saxena's cause.He is also the muscleman for sanjeev saxena.

(7)Mrs.Archana Saxena:She is Sanjeev Saxena's real sister.Was appointed in 2005 as an Asstt.Librarian and was immediately made the Incharge Librarian.She was a housewife before joining the libary of this nationally renowned institute.Her job is to eat money in all library deals and to ensure that all books are purchased through a notorious bookdealer of Bhopal Ajay Publishers & Distributors.She also ensures that books ordered for MANIT library reach the libraries of Sanjeev Saxena's institutes(RIT and REC)whenever there is an inspection there by any AICTE or technical team.The poor students of MANIT may not be having access to important books because Radharaman is the top priority for her.

(8)Ms.Anshu Gupta:She is Sanjeev Saxena's sister inlaw and Aruna Saxena's younger sister.Was selected as a lecturer in the Deptt.of Architecture in 2005.Was immediately sanctioned a two year study leave for doing her post-graduation though this was against all norms.Nobody can be sent on such a leave while the probation period of two years is on.On her return back,she has been made the Warden for Girls Hostel to control them,to make them support sanjeev saxena's goons and to exploit them.

(9)D.R.Singh:He is responsible for food arrangements in the hostel messes.He makes a lot of money by providing substandard food and in turn passes money to Sanjeev saxena.

(10)V.K.Soni:His sole claim to fame is that he was recruited because he was Prof.S.C.Soni's relative.He acts as Prof.Incharge Library and does everything instructed by sanjeev saxena and archana saxena.

(11)Praveen Saxena:A big goonda and Sanjeev Saxena's younger brother.He has been allowed to take admission in a post-graduation course in the institute and by virtue of this,has been made the President of P.G.Students Association.It is not difficult to understand the real motive of him taking admission here.This way he is encouraging goondagardi in the institute.He was responsible for the latest "chakkajaam" which was nothing more than a shameless effort to protect two cuplrits.

(12)Manoj Sharma:He runs an agency which supplies not only security personnel to the instt. but other contract employees(except contract teachers)also.He not only charges his commission officially but also,the employees are made to sign on a vouchure of actual salary decided by the college but in reality are given only 50-60% of it.He is another of Sanjeev Saxena's goondas.

(13)The institute canteen:Run by a Sanjeev saxena goon.He gives substandard food items at exorbitant prices,makes money for himself and passes it to sanjeev saxena as well.

There are some junior members also.These are:

(1)Sarvesh Rajput:This hoodloom is SPS Rajput's younger brother.He is the warden for a hostel and makes a lot of money there.Besides he terrorises other faculty by his gundagardi.He used to get supplementaries in the exams when he was a student here and is now spoiling careers of students by his incompetence.Unable to speak a single sentence in english properly,this guy is teaching in an NIT,what an irony!!!!!

(2)Rishi Singh:This ruffian also joined in 2005.Was earlier serving in a private college of Bhopal.He joined after paying 9 lacs to sanjeev saxena and was selected through waiting list as he was so incompetent that inspite of saneev saxena lobby's best efforts,they could not accommodate him in the main list.He was immediately made Prof.Incharge Electrical Maintenance while still being on probation..The job is to eat and recover his "inductance money" and share the spoils with Sanjeev Saxena & Ashutosh Sharma.Runs a coaching in M.P.Nagar by the name of PIE(Professional Institute for Engineers).His focus is totally on these allied activities.Is a very indecent person who openly uses abusive language even against women faculty of the department & the institute.

(3)Alok Singh:He is R.K.Baghel's brother inlaw.He comes to the coolege in a drunk state and terrorises people by his vandalism.He is also acting as a Hostel warden.

(4)Pushyamitra Mishra:He is related to Mukesh Pandey,the registrar of R.G.P.V. and a very corrupt man himself.He is a close associate of Alok Singh.Was inducted in 2005 after paying 6-8 lacs.Terrorised a senior and respected faculty member Dr.n.d.mittal when he objected to his M.Tech.thesis being submitted.The thesis was substandard according to dr.mittal and but this guy had his way because of his connections.

(5)Anoop Arya:He is the son of an ex-MLA.He is Prof.Incharge Canteen to make things smooth for Sanjeev Saxena's man running the canteen.Another supplementary expert,his academic record in the instt.was pathetic and now he is a faculty here!

(6)Manoj Arya:Anoop arya's real younger brother.Was also selected in 2005.Works religiously for Sanjeev Saxena.

(7)Praveen Kaushik:A faculty member who handles clasees at Sanjeev Saxena's institutes during working hours of MANIT.He was caught copying while writing his M.Tech.paper in the instt.by Lavit Rawtani,Asstt.Professor in CSE.The administration promptly punished the "real" culprit Lavit Rawtani who was suspended and remained so for 8-9 months.

(8)Manish Pandey:He joined in 2005 as a lecturer with five increments.His qualification was a mere graduation from a substandrad private engg college of bhopal but more importantly,he handles classes at saxena's colleges during working hours.

(10)Jagdish Singh:Ashutosh Sharma's muscle man.Was made an Asst.Professor in the Architecture Deptt.by considering his experience in a polytechnic against all norms.

(11)Abhay Sharma:A real nincompoop,he is ashutosh sharma's younger brother.Was serving as a subengineer at a basic salary of 5500/- before being inducted as an assistant professor with five increments in 2005.Now he draws close to Rs.32-33,000.

(12)M.S.Hora:An asstt.preofessor and abhay sharma's PHD guide,he is a "yes man" of ashutosh sharma.His job is to practically write the complete PHD thesis for abhay sharma.In return,he will be rewarded with an elevation to professor's level with abhay sharma becoming a professor simultaneously.

Another ex-student speaks

This was posted as a comment

Whatever is going on is really bad. i passed out last year and this would be right to say that whatever happened when our batch was there. When we joined the college Dr.P.K.Chande was new director at that time. Everything was going well. Ragging, corruption every-thing was in control and even after being form a ragging prone state. i did not face any physical ragging. Even education standard improved those days because Mr. Chande tried to make it open for everyone. Then something happened in center and Mr. Chande was gone. The news came on all the channels and we were really sad. Then started what you can the era what can be called as worst ers for college.
Then Dr. Syan became the acting director. To quote one event he came to hosel no 4 when i was in second year and he asked is this the hostel of third year. What can you expect from such a person who don't know where his students live. Mr. Chande came to meet us almost everyday when we were in first year.
Then i heard the the name our biggest name a black spot on our college Mr. Sanjeev Saxena. I sware i never heard of this person before that. He got all the contracts. People praise him like anything. Mr. Rajpoot is a big fan of Mr. Saxena. then everything started to go haywire. We had a gneral ragging in second year which did not happened in first year. You should have jugad to get things done after that.
By the time i was in third year. I think the new recruit was done in this year. They recruited people like Junaid Raheem, Bro of rajpoot and so many of siblings and relatives of previous faculty. If you want to know anything about these guys just be at mata mandir at evening and they will be standing with some of your so called "Don" friends. i remember one day i was there and Mr. sanjeev Saxena came there all people rushed to him. Sanju boss!!!........some of then fell to his feet.really shameful. Felt like he is GOD or what.
On those days G.T. was very often. Sometimes when you are in the class profs. is not coming to the class or sometimes this new recruits. What will they teach you if they do not know anything. I can teach far better than they teach so the interest in studies was gone. Papers for major exams was available for them. I remember mechanical and I.T. people getting papers on the eve of exams.
Then started out Campus Placement. Against our all expectations Mr. M.K> Gupta was demoted and new TPO was Aruna Saxena. This woman does not have any manners at all. How can she talk to any corporate person at all. Once i remeber she called to HP and said -"we use your printers" that is how she knows the companies. Once my friend got no of Cisco by his friend and asked it call this company. that woman said i don't know the company and did not call it. TCS was the first company. People say that they took bribe also for that. I don't know how much is truth in that.Then again all the bunch of mass recruiters and at the end they posted the flag this year campus was great. The same companies recruited from LNCT(a private college of bhopal) and in same amount. Now i am in corporate world and i know that companies wish to go but all you need to di is call them at least. We deserve far better campus than we got.

Then we were in Final year. So these we had habit of all the things. Fees shot up by 8k Rs. p.a. but this could be justified. By that time we had got our new frak director " Dr. K.S. Pandey" want to know his full name just visit his office. You will hear so many stories about him. This guy is complete insane and a puppet in the hands of saxena. He will always emphasize on dress code etc. never on studies. In seventh sem i remember i attended only one class of one subject and very few of others.
then came the eight semester and the monster installed by college MIS. they spend a lot of money on that just to make sure that you attend all the classes. Anyway we attende all the classes in last sen. Then came the convocation. It was said to done after the sem exams. but nevertheless as usual it was postponed.
There end my college days.
Infact it is good to see that these news came to papers.

Buch Report

Does any one have a copy of Buch Report and recommendations?

Please mail the same to savemact@gmail.com/savemanit@gmail.com, We will publish the same for all to view.

The story from other side...

I got this mail from anonymous source. This seems to be a reply from one of the faction being accused of corruption. I request you all to comment on the same.

Its really bad to see that having passed out as MACTIAN and being perfectly taught in MACT we fail to see that the things being talked about of our institute are on a false basis.I have gone through Mr. Buch report and I personally find it strange ,the fact being that MANIT is continuously being rated higher and higher. This year 6 new B.Tech courses have been started and everyone is busy in developing these courses along with the director and administration. Now the institute is having courses in B.Tech as well as in M.Tech as per IITs. This is the best thing, which the institute has done and will be very helpful in getting IIT status.

I am well aware of the ongoing court case of Dr. Ashutosh Sharma against Asst. Prof. Savita Raje and Rekha Jain of Architecture Department in the high court regarding seniority and promotion.I met him many times and I found him to be of dynamic personality. I feel that is why he is Dean Administration and HOD as well. It is his efforts and the efforts of the present visionary Director of this institute that MHRD has started thinking of making our intitute an IIT. Friends I personally ask you all as we all are working in Multinational Organisation that a person with higher capabilities can become senior to the person who is just senior and having no capabilities. Thus is it his mistake to accept the post of Dean Administration just because he is junior to Prof Gayatri Agnihotri, Prof Ganga Agnihotri and Prof R.P. Singh etc.Just think on this line.

So a group of Professors are of course jealous and acting negatively against him. Unfortunately as a result of this jealousy they intend to defame MANIT. This is really saddenning. I am reading lot of mails reacting on Mr. Buch report. I ask you who is Mr. Buch? Are we so weak to just believe all what is being shown to us? No we are MACT ians and we will not believe on rumors and false moves. Is it not possible that Mr. Buch became party with Savita Raje and a group of annoyed professors and acted one sided and commented negative on prof. Asutosh Sharma without verifying the truth. We being learned Engineers and Mactian should not believe all this nonsense.

How it is possible that without undergoing all the procedures and formalities laid down by Govt. of India, construction work can be allotted to anybody. Every year there is a audit by Center Audit Deptt. I have gone through the truth and I found that in 2006-07 the firm S.S. Construction has works of Approx. 2 Crores and not of 6.0 Crores. We all know that in every Govt/Semi Govt organizations there are specific 5-7 contractors doing all the works of that organizations. You can see such examples in PWD, PHE Municipal Corporation or Capital Projects or any Development authorities in India. If contractor is being awarded a work through all legal procedures with lowest rate of contract then what is the problem? Work may be done by S.S. Construction or by Firm Chandwani builders or Bansal construction or any other firm, how does it matters when the procedure is as per rules and regulations and all the accounts have been verified by the audit committee. It is really shameful on Mr. Buch part. It itself reflects that he has made one-sided report.

I know 60 faculty members were recruited two year back through a prescribed selection committee constituted by Govt. of India having 2 subject experts from various IITs, NITS and others from AICTE & UGC. How can a person whom so ever he is, singly comments on the procedures of selection committee? Institute had done commendable job by recruiting new faculties. The institute needs 80 more new faculty members to be recruited this year. Students are getting educations through contract faculty instead of regular faculty. If you talk about relatives of faculty members in this institute, then we all must be aware of three sisters-Prof. Ganga Agnihotri, Prof. Geeta Agnihotri  and Prof. Gayatri Agnihotri are doing job in this institute.We know that Prof. Siddiqui who is husband of Prof. Gayatri Agnihotri also retired as professor and husband of their fourth sister Prof.R.N. Dubey is also working in Physics department since very long time. Like this many examples can be seen . Prof G. Dixit in Applied Mechanics and his wife in Chemistry Deptt, Asst Prof Tripta thakur in Electrical Deptt. and her husband Mukul kulshrestha in Civil Deptt., Asst. Prof Manmohan Kapshe and Asst. Prof. Charu kapshe both brother and sister are working in Architecture Deptt since 1992, Prof Anil sharma in civil Deptt. and his wife Anupama Sharma in Arch. Deptt. and her father Prof Khurasia got retired from Mechanical Deptt., Prof. Telang and his son, Prof Rawtani Ex-Dean  and his son Asst..Prof.Lavit rawtani, Prof Sanjay Soni in applied Mechanics and his father Prof L.L. Soni, Prof Meenu chawla HOD CS Deptt and her father Late Prof. S.C. Jain, Asst.Prof.Namita shrivastava of maths deptt. is daughter of Mr.K.N.Shrivastava Ex-Principal of MACT and many many more. They all are working in this institute since so long and they have taught us all. Now why the question of teachers being relatives is arising since last two years after the recruitment of the regular teachers were made. This is ridiculous. Why cant be a son/daughter in the same profession in which his father is ! Why cant be son, daughter of the teacher can opt her carrier as teacher in the same Institute. All this defamation is I think production of the minds of a group of teachers of the institute who are working negatively and having their own intrestin acting so.

It is very surprising to note that all our senior teachers who are behind this defamation are not at all doing teaching. New recruited faculties are doing all teaching very well along with contract faculties . The load of teaching is being with new faculty. Hey guys may be through this mail they will start teaching instead of playing politics. Mr. Buch so called IAS himself must be having some political agenda behind this which he has implemented.

Madam Savita Raje who is running a NGO with Mr. Buch, which is not only illegal but also against the ethics of teachers. She should spend atleast some time in teaching.You must know one more fact that Mr.Buch submitted his report in june end. You all will be surprised to know that Madam Savita Raje when she was about to loose the Case in high court against Prof Ashutosh Sharma, she filed a caviet asking the favor of Buch report and asked  the court that in the Buch report the matter is connected to her,so please do not give stay or something against that report, when no body even Chairman or the Director was aware of the contents of the report officially. It is very clear that she and her NGO made the report.This is a conspiracy of a group of teachers of institute itself who are defaming MANIT in their own intrest and out of mere jealousy. Mr Buch acted like puppet of this group. In the same NGO present editor Shri A Khandelkar of Danik Bhaskar is the member. Now it is obvious why Dainik Bhaskar is publishing such nonsense about MANIT day after day. Please open Architects website to know more of Madam Raje and Madam rekha Jain.

You will be surprised to know how can national newspaper publish one-sided report so openly without taking views of other side. Newspaper editor neither verified the details with the director.

It was really surprised that versions of Dr. Chande were published who was even rejected for the post of lecturer in MACT when he applied long back. No. views of the present director was taken for the article of Dainik Bhaskar who has served 35 years in NIT Trichi and has vast teaching and research experience before being selected in MANIT.  Director Sirs wife is Ex Director NIT-Kashmir and presently working as director in Sant Longowala Institute and also being selected as Director NIT-Raipur. How can literate person compare Dr. Chande with Prof Dr. K.S. Pandey? I feel we should not believe on nonsense fake news without verifying the facts and condemn Mr.Buch report and don’t promote support to any type of defaming act.i know that classes are going well and result is excellent and students are getting 100% placement & what I am saying mean I really mean it.  We should all join our hands to discourage these NGOs who are defaming the institute. There is one NGO run be LecturerLaxmi Kumre and her husband. When administration found he M.Tech thesis totally copied, the director caught her and Senate rejected her work then her husband Mr. Sharad Kumre started spreading nonsense things about the institute. Even his PIL was rejected by high court for the same. He is defaming our institute for his own interest. Kindly send your views what MANITian should do against these NGOs. Now to run their NGOs they have started asking money from MACTina for their own purpose.

MANIT is healthy and there is need to cure this particular group of annoyed teachers and outsiders so as to SAVE MANIT.

The real culprits are Ganga,Gayatri, Sh.&SmtKumre , Savita raje and Mr. B.R.Nayak(who had been terminated for 8 years from the institute in the case of molestation of a minor girl student).

We must do something against all this if we are all powerful enough in our respective field..We must question how can a national newspaper publish such news base on onesided M.N.Buch report.

Be careful because time is not far when you will receive a mail for the same from ENEMIES OF OUR INSTITUTE. 

 

MANIT is Ranked 4th among all NITs(Times of India),more than 100% placement of students,95% attendance(for the 1st time in history of MACT),Organizing Technical and Cultural events in very large scale,Achieved Golden jublee conduction of NASA, 6 new B.Tech courses,14 new M.Tech program and MBA courses, what more progress do we expect from administration which is working day and night to give IIT status to MANIT.What I plea from my seniors and juniors to do something constructive rather than distructive. Please  save the future of our juniors and MANIT

Calling Present MANIT students/Faculty

MANIT Students/Faculty,
Web Blog is a medium through which we can discuss and plan to take action against the irregularities in our esteemed institute. Irregularities can be of any nature, what we need are voices to speak out against them.
If you think you have something to share, you are welcome to share the same by the medium of this blog.
Please send a mail to savemact@gmail.com/savemanit@gmail.com and we will make sure that whatever you say gets published.

If you want we will ensure that your name remains anonymous

Do you know...

that Sanjeev Saxena's elder sister Archana Saxena has been appointed as the Librarian at MANIT.

It requires a Master's degree in Library Science and several years of experience before ascension to the Librarian's position. That's for an ordinary mortal.

But I guess, if one is Sanjeev Saxena's sibling, an elder one at that, all one requires is a 8 week certificate course in arranging books, and the Librarian's seat awaits you. With high salary & perks that go with it. Oops! Almost forgot. She does have the most suitable qualification..SS Heil Hitler!

I can recite ABRACADABRA.. If someone is listening I offer myself as the most suitable candidate for Dumbledore's post, now that the poor soul is no more.

Queries for RTI application to MANIT

Mail from Ramesh Chari Boss

This is the first set of queries. These are general in nature but will be able to extract a lot of info.

The next set will be more specific - event related.

Also, a query set for MHRD willbe prepared by 25.10.2007.

Please go thru and send your suggestions.

Regards

Ramesh Chari

 

 

DRAFT APPLICATION UNDER RTI  TO MANIT (Maulana Azad NIT)

1. Provide me a copies of the "suomoto" Declarations made by your Institute as required under RTI Act 2005  as on the 12/10/2005 and first revised Declaration after 18 months.  This will shows the structure of MANIT
2. Provide me a copy of your Institute being Declared as Autonomous by MHRD/UGC This will confirm if MANIT is autonomous
3. Provide me the details of Financial  grants received by your Institute from MHRD/UGC and any other Public Authorities for the Years 04-05, 05-06,

006-07 , 07-08 To establish that MANIT is governed by GOI

      4 Provide me the Receipts & Realizations w.r.t No 3 above.

      5. Provide me Names, Address, Professional Qualification etc of All the Present

         Directors, Deans, Professors, Head of the Chairs, HODs Who do not Find Place

         In item viii &ix of the Declaration as requested under point No 1 above. This shows who are not regular employees but enjoying all benefits

     6 Provide me Details of all Judicial Suits, Cases which are before the Hon'ble High

        court of MP and in which one of  the Respondent is MA –NIT . If there are any cases pertaining to appointments / contracts

    7 Provide me Details of all Cases Lodged in local or any Police Station against the

       MA-NIT or any of its officers /Directors on Matters of Ragging , Molestation,

       Violation of Human Rights, Woman's Rights . If there any scandals that have been hushed up

    8. Provide me copies of all Orders  for Enquiry which were Conducted by and with the

        Directions of MHRD/UGC / Architects Council / Govt of MP /GOI,or any Public    

        Authority against Institute and against the affairs of the Institute for the Period

       01/04/2005 to till date with the relevant References and Mandate for Conduct of

       Enquiry  If there are any enquiries

     9. Out of Enquiries in No 8 above provide me GOs wherein such Enquiries were

        subsequently cancelled by the Authorized Authority  Any dilutions of enquiries

    10 Is it True that the MHRD,GOI ordered conduct of Enquiry by one Mr N M Buch

        ( A retd IAS) officer . If So, Provide the GO , The Terms of Reference , The Name

        And all other details of other Members of the Committee, The Dates on which this

        Committee visited the Campus of the Institute Chronologically as Recorded by the

        Institute, The Names and Designation of the Institute Officials including directors

        who were Summoned, Interviewed by this Enquiry Committee.

   11 Provide me a copy of the Interim, Final Report Submitted by this Committee and

        Details of How the Institute Came into possession of the Report

   12 Provide me the Action Taken Report Submitted by the institute to MHRD on this

       Enquiry report with all Documentary Proof

   13 Provide me Inspection of the File or all Files Related to this Enquiry Maintained by

       Institute in this Matter. Date, Time May please be Fixed with My consultation

 

 

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Some Introspection required

MANIT or MACT as we knew it, has a long culture of corruption. It has been a Bimaru college for a long time. I am sure this will ruffle quite a few feathers, and I will get brickbats too, but for a change let’s try introspection and see all the issues in proper perspective.

1. Ragging -> I am not sure what is the current status of the same, but MACT used to be famous for one of the worst ragging. Ragging has been justified by saying "it builds camaraderie", "makes people smart", "makes you tough to last in a tough city like Bhopal" etc.. etc.. . Have we ever thought why colleges like NIT Trichy, Suratkhal etc.. manage the same without physical ragging. Why do these students have more exposure, are more apt to fit into industry, have more number of entrepreneurs.

2. Co-operative mess -> This is the first taste of corruption and power a student gets. It is an open secret that Mess Committee has a ball for a month that they are in power, from getting special treatment to earning kickbacks. Once the tenure is over the other Mess committees try to outdo the previous ones. The amounts involved are substantial for student life.

3. Panga Culture -> I don't know when this started, but apparently MACT has a 'name' to preserve in Bhopal, MACT has always been involved in acts of vandalism, just do a query on police cases against MACT students and you will find a long list of offenders. But more often than not there is no conviction. Bhopal lives on out of court compromises. But why do students get involved. Answer is very simple yet very disturbing "They don't know better". 

The rush of living on the edge, being the Boss, Don, having a whole group of buddies at your beck and call to rampage any part of the city, feels good initially. But these students fade out very quickly, if not for the support of outside elements.

Recently these guys are being taken care of, their cases fought in court, getting lenient treatment from local lawmen, all thanks to nexus of college politics. As a result more and more students fall for this dark side.

Tales of famous goons are passed on from one batch to another as if it is something to be proud of.

4. Ineffective Faculty -> Present Faculty in MANIT is no good. this is part of a bigger problem nationwide, where teaching is not considered a lucrative career anymore by the best brains. In today's context when educational institutes are moving towards offering consultancy, filing IPRs, contributing to community with the research on low cost solutions, MANIT is a dumping ground for central funds. No progress is being made whatsoever on academic front. Making more buildings, computer centers, libraries, labs is not going to help, if you have no one to utilize them properly. 

Inspite of all this, majority of students do well in their lives, but the point to note here is that MANIT does get the cream, when it comes to brains. But a lot of these ex-MACTians are left with a bitter taste when it comes to college. And hence the reason for not having an active Alumni.

Solution to all this is fairly complex and long haul, because what we are aiming at is overhaul of the complete system. Taking out someone who is the perpetrator now, is not going to make a difference in long run. I am listing down a few points that need to be considered.

1. Fight the immediate menace with a mix of RTI and PIL

2. Have networked alumni with stake holders from student/faculty/Alumni. It is easy to sit back and pass comments, but very different to actually do something towards making our institute a better place

3. Involvement of Alumni in Mentor programs for present students. Accomplished alumni members should be tapped to guide and counsel students towards career goals, lectures on the advances in present technology and what is required in the industry would also help

4. Make faculty accountable and administration transparent, goals should be set for research projects and the same should be appraised based on results. A special focus on industry-institute relationship is need of the hour.

Another thing to add here, I don't think our college needs financial assistance, what we need is people who care about the college and are willing to do "shram daan" to bring it on course. It would be a long drawn battle, but as Alumni are we geared up to make a change?

Another Faculty member speaks

This was posted as a comment to "Dr N.D. Mittal speaks out". But I guess this needs more visibility. So posting it again.



Hi Everyone,

I am writing an anonymous mail, as I am also a TEACHER at MANIT, but would not like to reveal my name, for fear of the goons:

Dr Mittal has given only a few facts. Here are some other amazing facts:

1. 2 Years back in bulk 65 faculty members were selected. Those having degrees from abroad as well as from IITs, and having Ph.D.s were all rejected, while our own students ( mostly MANIT pass outs), who had the distinction of earning Supplementaries or were were outright failures, and were mere B.Techs in several cases, were selected. Ashutosh Sharma and Sanjeev Saxena charged 7-8 lakhs per candidate. Those who were the near and dear ones (brothers/sisters/brother-in –law etc) were the only ones who were given some discount.
2. These same teachers were then given prime posts such as institute engineer, STEP Director, wardens etc, even when they were too junior, and despite lack of any merit whatsoever. The result was that huge money started pouring from hostels, institute works etc into the coffers of the mafia.
3. The wardens then persuaded a section of students to form a goonda group. They would go to Kotra and ransack the poor vendors, would create other nuisance such as Chakka jaam/Rasta Roko etc. on the behest of wardens. Free Daaru is being supplied to this group of students in the hostels.
4. Let us now examine the happenings in the girls hostel. You must please note that Sanjeev Saxena, a pass-out goonda, is not just the owner of 3 private colleges in Bhopal, not just acontracter who has earned the 80% of all contracts at MANIT worth several Crores, but significantly he is also a dalal who supplies women to political dignitaries.Last year, a group of girls were forced to attend a party in the honour of the chairman of MANIT, Mr Jhalani ( again a politician). Th eparty was held at MANIT-Guest house, and the girls retuned the next mornoing to the girls hostel. The warden of the hostel is Anshu Gupta who is sister-in-law of Sanjeev Saxena. Can you imagine to what extent the girls can be exploited and blackmailed?

I would request you to please do something, not just to save the institute, but more importantly, save at least 40 (as the goonda teachers will retire after 40 years) generations of students who would come here thinking that MANIT is a National level institute. For God’s sake please do something for all of us. We will be glad to share the papers and information with you all. We can be contacted through this blog.


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is realy surprising that inspite of all the media coverages about the involvement of Prof. Ashutosh Sharma in so many scams, he is acting Director at present as the regular Director Dr. K. S. Pandey has gone somewhere for more than one week and handed over the charge to such a corrupt and very junior professor of the institute.
Also after passing 6 days from the declaration of the HRD minister no action has been taken. All of us put pressure for the action as per law so that the culprits can be put behind the bars.
Please do something for your beloved institute; MACT (now MANIT).
October 17, 2007 10:29 PM

Anonymous said...

What has been mentioned in these reports is 100% correct. I have first hand info from people who have paid to get selected as faculty.
Sanjeev Saxena has been notorious since was in college , was junior to me
As far as corruption at MANIT is concerned, it has been going on since ages.Its another story that it is always swept under the carpet.
People have spoken about talking to Arjun singh and he taking acton , forget it.He will probably take money from both Ashutosh Sharma and Sanjeev Saxena and hush up the matter as he has done in the past.
None of the faculty members at MACT now or in the past had caliber of teaching. They were more interested in doing their side business in trading /stocks
October 18, 2007 1:41 AM

Anonymous said...

Student community should trow out from the campus such a unsocial element (Sanjeev Saxena)as institute administration has been also hijacked by him due some immoral, unethical and unsocial teachers who got entry with the help of Sanjeev Saxena and Ashutosh Sharma Gunda Party.
October 18, 2007 5:33 AM

Anonymous said...

I feel very pround to all who were passouts from this institute, and still they thinking about to save institute from dictatorship of sanjeev saxena.

I have seen the level of teacher who got recruit in 04-05, They are way below standard, only thing that can save this institute is give all this details to media and pressurize GOI for the strict action. Bcoz son of Arjun singh(MHRD) is also involve in these scams.
October 18, 2007 3:45 PM

Shanta Math, 95 Electrical said...

Quick solution may be:
If anyone who knows a reporter from Tehelka, should ask them to do Tehelka report, that will put pressure on Govt, Colleage Mgmt and bad elements.

Another solution is: Every interested faculty and students (past and present) should email to all the national news paper editors to run the report on the college matters.

Once it is in couple of news papers or Tehelka, I am hopeful of cleaned system and produly say again that I am a 1995 passout from MACT Bhopal.
October 19, 2007 6:41 AM

Anonymous said...

The things at MANIT are really sad. All the right thinking faculty and students must come together and cure this cancer of Sanjeev saxena and Ashutosh Sharma. Someone so rightly used the perfect word for this nexus " CANCER"! All the faculty who are yes men and yes women to this nexus are comfortable, and all those, very few, who refuse to shake hands or be friends with sanjeev saxena and ashutosh Sharma, are getting a real bad time. Ashutosh Sahrma has manipulated most of the records, with due help from his allies, KK Dhote and the like. He has been holding all important positions, Dean Admn, Deputy Director, etc.
Either we faculty leave the college, but then why laeve the institute we have served with great devotion, in the hands of goondas and very bad people? We will fight them and show them their position. Students, please stop getting used, teachers . please stop being cowards and scared. Why be scared of already scared people? Come and fight for the right.
October 19, 2007 1:11 PM

Anonymous said...

sorry mister ,You yourself are a BIG COWARD writing as anonymous. Why dont you come in front. Stop giving false advices of courage to others. When YOU are raising one finger remember four fingers are towards you.....Dont you think Bhai Bhatija wad philosophy was first started by your leaders G- sisters.....
October 19, 2007 6:22 PM

Anonymous said...

I feel a lot of rubbish has been printed abt our clg in newspapers in recent weeks. Newseditors have printed nething abt our clg wid out having ne proof. I as a student know my clg very well. There r no problems in our clg.
All dese rubbish things has had a very bad impact on our clg's image. Its high time we think abt our clg n stand 2gether to face dis situation n save our clg frm ne further humiliation.
So cmmon guys share ur views n help me in improving our clg's image.
October 20, 2007 12:19 AM

Dr. N.D Mittal speaks out

I am Dr.N.D.Mittal, Professor Applied Mechanics Department MANIT Bhopal as well as 1979 alumnai. My views are as follows:

Whatever has been published in news papers and contents of enquiry done by Mr.M.N.Buch are one hundred percent correct and even many more. I have not seen this much corruption in my last 33 years at MANIT Bhopal. Dr.Ashutosh Sharma and Mr.Sanjeev Saxena has almost purchased the institute in their hands. Students are not getting the quality teaching and faculty those are honest and hard worker are not able to dishcharge their duties. Faculty members are tortured and terrorised by these peoples or they also become a part of them. Hopefully many almunai might be knowing me very well during their teaching days but I am not able to deliber the lectures properly, the students who take my help are tortured from the top because I resist the administration at every corner for their mistakes and corruption. There are many more faculty members who wants to enhance the image of MANIT apart from me but administration does not permit us do not give any chance to us.
Dr.Lavit Rawtani Assistant Professor in CSE Deptt caught a corrupted faculty member during M.Tech examination for cheating and he was suspended for last 9 months. Now everyone can imagine the state of MANIT.

Dr.N.D.Mittal


19 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is quite disheartening that things have gone to a state that one of the most respected profs of our time speaks out and is coming out with views in this regard.
Dr. Mittal has always been revered in the highest pedigree by all of us and has been one of the most decent faculty the college has ever seen and never known to get involved in petty matters.
A comment like the above from him means that things are really serious and this is a matter of grave concern.
Not sure how this can be solved but we can at least appreciate the gravity of the problem and bring it to the outer world.
October 17, 2007 10:27 AM

Anonymous said...

this is very strange for me as i see this institute something different i was there from 1995 to 1999 but these things...................
oh my god

mr. sanjeev saxena
how come he is there ?
October 17, 2007 11:05 AM

Anonymous said...

i m a graduate of 1999.sanjeev saxena was a cancer then is a cancer now.irequest all the present students of mact to raise and chase that guy away as we had done in 1998.we lost a lot and had to suffer but we stood out.i hope you guys will do that to.
October 17, 2007 11:36 AM

Anonymous said...

Wake up alumni, Its now or never kind of a situation here .... the current students also have a critical role to play by not cooperating with the activities of the goonda faculty members ....
October 17, 2007 6:58 PM

Anonymous said...

What can I write about MANIT's current situation...?? Saxenas and party, cancer for MANIT, during my stay at MANIT from 1996-2000, the situation was bad, but we never thought they will take such a turn and the college will do to such depths... May the almighty save our souls...
October 17, 2007 11:12 PM

raviendra said...

N D Mittal kaun hai bhai????? lagta hai inko sanju boss aur asutosh sir se kuch problam hai isliye is tarike ki baat kar rahe hai INDIYA TODAY ne last year manit ko india ke sare nit's main 4th rank di hai. is saal campus main 1st week of oct. main final year B-Tech. ke paas total 510 offer latter hai sab kuchcollage main acha chal raha hai yadiye N D Mittal ji ko kuch problam hai to unse milkar baat kare aur plz aisi galat baat media main dekar aur net maiis tarike ki baat karke hamare collage ko badnam na kare.........
October 18, 2007 12:25 AM

Anonymous said...

Praise to Dr. N D Mittal, who took a bold step to speak out about this menace.

This Sanjeev Saxena guy was a parasite when we were around, and sounds like he still is. Never had my respect, never will.

He had a group of students aligned towards him during our time as well. It's easy for students to be lured into all the wrong things for petty gains. For most students coming from average families, all that free booze and godfatherly protection may seem more than one could ask for. And at that age, most fail to judge things well.
Fall in Sanjeev Saxena's trap, and he could definitely make you his personal chauffeur. Students need to think of their long term plans, instead of this short lived joy that he can offer in return for doing all sorts of unlawful acts.
Count my support in any way I can remotely.
October 18, 2007 5:09 AM

Anonymous said...

Dear All..A senior professor like Dr.N.D.Mittal has every right to feel sad at the turn of events.However lets not forget that this goon Sanjeev Saxena was not allowed to enter the institute premises when Prof.J.P.Dwivedi and subsequently Prof.P.Krishnamachar were the director of the institute.
He could not dare to enter the campus for fear of police action against him as these two gentlemen were very strict.He got entry in the campus only when an ex-director and a very corrupt person Dr.Sharma was the director of the institute.Dr.Sharma was related to Mr.Shankar Dayal Sharma,former president of the country.He signed the appointment letters of Mrs.Aruna Saxena(the wife of Sanjeev Saxena)and Mrs.Anupama sharma(the daughter of Dr.H.K.Khurasia,a professor in Mechanical Engg Deptt.)on his last day in the office.The moment Aruna saxena joined the institute this goonda sanjeev saxena got an official entry in the campus.So Dr.Sharma was a big and real culprit.Later on this goonda started looking for people who were hungry for money or power and started galvanising them to increase his strength.Guys like ashutosh sharma,sps rajput,r.k.baghel and soni of applied mechanics are part of this dirty group and work day in & day out for sanjeev saxena.They make a lot of money through the corrupt practices and pass it on to sanjeev saxena.Same is the case with junaid rahim,satish pal rajput,alok singh ,pushyamitra mishra,rishi singh(this chap gave 9 lacs to be selected as a faculty throgh waiting list and is now recovering his money through electrical maintainence as he has been made the incharge for electrical maintainence).All these guys were selected in 2005.They are highly incompetent and corrupt to the core.Why Prof.Mittal is silent on these guys?Is it lack of courage?He should talk about them openly if he wants the institute to recover from this sad state of affairs.He will get full support from so many people,except corrupt and self-serving people like gajendra dixit,vk khare,
h.k.khaira,m.k.gupta,sapre,sushil shrivastava,arvind mittal,pardasani,etc.These people are either very corrupt or selfish to the core or both.They should also be shown the door otherwise one sanjeev saxena will go and another sanjeev saxena will take over by extending favours to such people.
October 18, 2007 9:16 AM

Anonymous said...

I am also a faculty member in MANIT. I can't write my name. The above comments are 100% correct. Please do something to save this institute.
October 18, 2007 10:14 AM

Anonymous said...

I am shocked to read about such kind of situation of MANIT.Things are really bad.If Senior and among most respected Prof. Dr. Mittal is writing such kind of comments any one can imagine how BAD the situation is.Things were going well when Chende sir was there College was really improving the reputation.
Its really true that Sanjeev Saxena is a parasite for the MANIT We have to get some way to save the institute only long discussions in the group will not going to work.
October 18, 2007 11:29 AM

Anonymous said...

Junaid Rahim, Dammn I know him.. so thats what he is doing now. Well he was talented but wasted because fo saxenas feloow in our days there. Well employ all pumpapurians including the dhobi latch those doors and beat these folks one by one. couple of injuries and things would be in track.. the sad part is it doesn;t work this way.. Maximum damage you can do to this is these people will have to shell out additional money to politicians and police or whatever to retain position and things will be back in circles..

Guys stop asking everybody else to do this. One thing for no girl relative of mine are gonna be in this collage the anonymous faulty said something big...

I think I want know more about ravindra he likes it the way it is...by the way did saxena wife went into that night communal..I can say this dirty stuff.. thats what I was taught in those 5 years.
October 18, 2007 3:11 PM

Anonymous said...

i m presently in mnait ,,,dng btech .. i hve a two jobs ,,,mright nw ,, thr r huge list of dream companies r thr ......u r sooo poor .. its vry ard to belilve ,, u r d seniors ,,,,,,,u r playing with d craiers of u batches which r stl studying in colg.........the students ,,,,dnt wnt to knw ,, who create d building of colg .. who is d ,,,,main contarctor .,,..or all d non teachng stuff ..
thy just wnt to study ,,andw ant a job ,,pl zim equstng to all off ma colg pass outs ,,plz try too save it ........plz dnt gv more air to ths ....and abt recruting ,,, d comitee came frm d hrd delhi .. our student is nt involved in all these ,,,,,nt even colg ,,,,if thr is sme faultt ,,,,tht means arjun singh is crupt...!
October 18, 2007 3:36 PM

Anonymous said...

Whatever is going on is really bad. i passed out last year and this would be right to say that whatever happened when our batch was there. When we joined the college Dr.P.K.Chande was new director at that time. Everything was going well. Ragging, corruption every-thing was in control and even after being form a ragging prone state. i did not face any physical ragging. Even education standard improved those days because Mr. Chande tried to make it open for everyone. Then something happened in center and Mr. Chande was gone. The news came on all the channels and we were really sad. Then started what you can the era what can be called as worst ers for college.
Then Dr. Syan became the acting director. To quote one event he came to hosel no 4 when i was in second year and he asked is this the hostel of third year. What can you expect from such a person who don't know where his students live. Mr. Chande came to meet us almost everyday when we were in first year.
Then i heard the the name our biggest name a black spot on our college Mr. Sanjeev Saxena. I sware i never heard of this person before that. He got all the contracts. People praise him like anything. Mr. Rajpoot is a big fan of Mr. Saxena. then everything started to go haywire. We had a gneral ragging in second year which did not happened in first year. You should have jugad to get things done after that.
By the time i was in third year. I think the new recruit was done in this year. They recruited people like Junaid Raheem, Bro of rajpoot and so many of siblings and relatives of previous faculty. If you want to know anything about these guys just be at mata mandir at evening and they will be standing with some of your so called "Don" friends. i remember one day i was there and Mr. sanjeev Saxena came there all people rushed to him. Sanju boss!!!........some of then fell to his feet.really shameful. Felt like he is GOD or what.
On those days G.T. was very often. Sometimes when you are in the class profs. is not coming to the class or sometimes this new recruits. What will they teach you if they do not know anything. I can teach far better than they teach so the interest in studies was gone. Papers for major exams was available for them. I remember mechanical and I.T. people getting papers on the eve of exams.
Then started out Campus Placement. Against our all expectations Mr. M.K> Gupta was demoted and new TPO was Aruna Saxena. This woman does not have any manners at all. How can she talk to any corporate person at all. Once i remeber she called to HP and said -"we use your printers" that is how she knows the companies. Once my friend got no of Cisco by his friend and asked it call this company. that woman said i don't know the company and did not call it. TCS was the first company. People say that they took bribe also for that. I don't know how much is truth in that.Then again all the bunch of mass recruiters and at the end they posted the flag this year campus was great. The same companies recruited from LNCT(a private college of bhopal) and in same amount. Now i am in corporate world and i know that companies wish to go but all you need to di is call them at least. We deserve far better campus than we got.

Then we were in Final year. So these we had habit of all the things. Fees shot up by 8k Rs. p.a. but this could be justified. By that time we had got our new frak director " Dr. K.S. Pandey" want to know his full name just visit his office. You will hear so many stories about him. This guy is complete insane and a puppet in the hands of saxena. He will always emphasize on dress code etc. never on studies. In seventh sem i remember i attended only one class of one subject and very few of others.
then came the eight semester and the monster installed by college MIS. they spend a lot of money on that just to make sure that you attend all the classes. Anyway we attende all the classes in last sen. Then came the convocation. It was said to done after the sem exams. but nevertheless as usual it was postponed.
There end my college days.
Infact it is good to see that these news came to papers.
October 19, 2007 12:38 PM


Sambit Chatterji, Director Recruitment. ING said...

Well this is to the one who is trying to be coward and have written in as if on yahoo chat...

The jobs are not because Mr Suxena the market is on the fling and its going to be down because of US sub prime and other stuff in next few year.. So this will get naturalized. Looking at demand every NIT will get huge response just because when you get there you have proven the stuff.. it does not matter to most of the companies what you learn there but the attitude towards your work...

Well do fare comparison...
look at some of the NITs doing better than our trichy and surathkal to tell you the truth nothing different there is just the reputation that bring s better student (yes you heard right) there.

Goods companies!!! VJIT Mumbai gets far better companies than your...with better perk too...And they deny going out for next level of education...

Don't think narrow.. All mactian will definitely get job (if you are not stupid)...

The issue here is If you donlt stop it now this will get down to students quota and increased fees and whatever possible...You might be sucking somebody’s D**K over bullshit... You got 2 jobs you are good and you are lucky.....

Being in industry anfdin field of recruitment for so many years I will tell you nothing in Mact has attracted companies there. Its just your PET score at which you go there and the market being demanding....No NIT guy stays jobless once out without job as well it just because you go there on talent...(Exempt few. Lets not get into to other controversy now.
October 19, 2007 12:41 PM

Anonymous said...

Mittal saheb is saying that administration has not given him chance ....has he forgotten that during Jhalanis tenure you were given the charge of HOD and also few months back again you were given the charge of HOD but both time you yourself had resigned from the post......
October 19, 2007 6:28 PM
Anonymous said...

If u are manit alumni..and wanna fight against corruption then pls do that but dont u think u are hurting placement prospects of ur juniors, dont u think its affecting students,if u wanna do something ,file a public interest litigation. Why are u using Net for defaming manit which is ultimately going to affect students career. and why are u allowing malicious comments on your blog,it looks like some people have problem with few individuals and ur blog is acting as vent for their frustrations. atleast dont allow foul comments
October 20, 2007 12:04 AM

professor said...

The Ashutosh Sharma+sanjeev saxena nexus is trying to project and beleive that they are trying hard to acheive laurels for MANIT and some ruffled professors are trying to pull them back. Well, they can play this game, but the truth will prevail in the end. So, do worry about that end, because when you victimize innocent people, drastically try to snub talent, punish talented teachers,and when you play dirty politics with students, the God Himself comes down to punish.
October 20, 2007 1:21 PM


Rohit (350) said...

people
i am saxena's classmate. I know that person and also Ashutosh Sharma.

One interesting thing, everybody has written comments anonymously.

Mr Mittal, if I remember correctly was the Proctor in MACT, and someone should ask him what did he do in his times. These people were hand in glove in the politicians at that time. Just because his days are over and some one has taken over his role, he is crying.

On the other hand ,I regret my days from MACT, it was never a teaching institution and is still not a teaching institute . It may be ranked high but in my opinion, its a pity to see the institute.
On the other hand look at Saxena's college. It's private funded and it has a budget of not more than 5% of MACT budget. It's doing better relatively.
So the problem is not saxena, Saxena is just an person who is visible. The problem is the faculty & decision maker in MACT. They have the power and choose not to exercise.

SO please dont blame saxena & ashutosh, blame yourself and stop whining
Rohit
October 21, 2007 9:50 PM

Input from one of the student..

Hello sir ..

I am not too sure abt things being blown out of proportion .. yea it does happen here and there in that article too .. but i guess that article in Dainik Bhaskar is just the tip of the iceberg .. There are a lot more things happening in the college i suppose .. though i have no idea how the college was in the past,making out from what my seniors say, i can make out that inspite of director pandey sir 's efforts, the college is on a downward spiral ..

Quoting a humanities department faculty who came to my class .. "In the last three or four years, the college has been on a continuous downward spiral" .. These were the exact words spoken.. putting it as told .. "speaking with the director is like a monologue .. Only he speaks .. he never takes others' views into account" .. I am not sure how much of this is really true ..

"As per report, Institute is one of the best example in Appointments of RELATIVES ( around 50 member of a family) . "
Sorry to say that this is true i suppose .. the paper has quoted with a lot of examples even .. The teaching standards have become really low .. Quality of the teachers is really really low these days .. Not really NIT standard I suppose .. (Though this could be because of the tremendous influx of contract faculty with minimal experience) ..

Recently there was a lot of controversy when Dr.Sushil Mittal sir resigned on the stage during the oathtaking ceremony from his post of Dean - Student Affairs just because no civil dept student found a place in the student council ... Things I can tell you are quite bad in our college ..

I can tell u that i agree with Dr.R.K.Patra sir (ex-faculty MANIT) that a total overhaul of the faculty is required ..
Input i.e. student - fortunately students' quality in MANIT are the best. They needs proper guidance.
Guidance only possible, if the teacher is competent.(2) The process i.e. teacher. You know better the
quality of teacher reigning in MANIT. Except politics and politics, most of the teachers are having no
market value. They want to save their skins by doing all the nuisance activities. .. As a current student,I can tell you that this is totally 100% true .. Half the contract faculty hardly know the stuff required .. Highly incompetent is the least i can tell ( though with a heavy heart) .. They lack in communication with the students ..

(3) Output i.e. placement. The students are getting placement by their own merit, and what I feel,
Institutes contribution is almost nil, except inviting some good companies. You know that NIT
students are the cream, and selected corporates prefer to visit campus.Since I was associated in placement, most of the
corporates feedback was surprising.We have the best infrastructure, but most of the faculties does not know to use and guide the students.The most important thing is is the root cause of collapse of MANIT machinery is involvement of self-interest of few so-called alumni in the administration. They know the weak points of Director, faculty and encashing the same by influencing their power.

The first part of this is true i suppose .. N i have absolutely no idea abt the later part ..

Hoping and waiting in earnest for the improvement in the state of our institution ...



1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whatever is going on had been going on it past too.Only reason was that we all were too busy to take care of that,And this has made what our college is today.So we all are responsible for our Chlata hai Attitude of that time.Had we stood up at that time, this situation would not have come.

Now when MANIT is having a chance to become IIT, these thing have surfaced (pretty amazing timing).And all the IT ppl had jumped in to give their valuable(?) thoughts on the topic(lot of time ..huh )
Don't u think these all things woulf hardly make any difference on grass rrot level rather than negative publicity of our college.Which would definitely hamper the prospect og MANIT becoming an IIT.
My only suggestion is to go and act don't just be a part of mob in mud slinging.
This is result of what u have done(rather what u have not done by not standing against at that time).So we should be shameful rather than feeling proud.
October 19, 2007 4:04 PM

Message from Abhay Singh Dubey Boss...

Dear Friends,

I don't think you can cry foul on this issue. In India we are all very fond of this "Jugad". And elsewhere in the world this very same thing goes by the name of "Networking". And if all of us have come out of the very same system and still are worthwhile people, the system is not really that bad. However, if things really seem to be getting out of hand, then a sustained complaint campaign with regulator of autonomous bodies will address the problem adequately. What i would like to know from some recent pass outs is that whether things are really so bad as to necessitate this passionate discussion?

With regards,
asd

Message from one of our seniors

Hi Friends ,

IT'S really good to here from Mr Arjun Singh ( Minis. MHRD) that action will be taken as per Mr. Buch's report.This has been confirmed by him on TV (Local) and to the press reporters.


This is also available on U-Tube- link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oliPAI-KPrI

Bhoapl Bhaskar Paper published news today for same -

http://www.bhaskar.com/2007/10/13/071030349_manit_report.htm

MANIT- action on report !!!

MHRD Minister Mr. Arjun Singh has given instruction for action on Report submitted by Mr.Buch. This has been confirmed by minister himself to the teachers and students of institute during meeting with MR.Singh at his residence. Representative of Institute has thanked him for his decision and
assured him that this action surely will benefit the image of only NIT in MP.

It is necessary here to mention that, MHRD was getting complaints about MANIT and ministry has given responsibility in last Nov 06 to Mr. Buch to investigate the matter . Major points in investigation were irregularity in appointments/premotion and awarding in contracts. Mr. Buch has conducted the enquiry and submitted the report to MHRD in June 07 but there was no action on report till date.

Bhaskar has published this news in paper on 5/10 and also students and teachers were demanding the action on culprits so that institute will have clean image.

MANIT - what happened when !!!

March, 05 - S K Jhalani become Chairman
July , 05 - irregularities in appointment came in light
Nov , 06 - Jhalani resigned
Feb , 07 - Mr. Sudeep Bannerjee ( Rtd IAS -MHRD) become the
Director
June , 07 - Mr.Bannerjee resigned
Aug , 07 - Mr. A N Singh ( Rtd DGP) become Chairman
Nov , 06 - Mr. M N Buch appointed the chairman of committee to
investigate.
June , 07 - Committee submitted the report.
Oct , 07 - Mr. Arjun Singh announced action on the report during his visit to
Bhoapl.

WHAT IS IN REPORT !!!

Report confirmed irregularity in appointment of Proff. Aushutosh Sharma and also relatives. There was also cataracts of worth corers given to Mr Saxena's firm against rules. Mr Buch has advised to MHRD to take immediate action and clean the institute.


I feel that we should not leave this just now but wait and watch for real action in MANIT.

Please advise.



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrates guys for initial success...
However, I fully agree with Sandeep, WE HAVE TO MAKE the issue NATIONAL STIR....the culprits are shameless....no morals....they do not have any guilty after so much happening....its hard to believe politicians.....
Keep it up guys...for the nobel cause...u will get all the direct/indirect support....
October 13, 2007 7:36 PM

Anonymous said...

My Dear MACT/MANIT Alumni

So many faculty members are regularly watching the developments on the savemanit wabesite. We all apprecite your affection for the alma matter. Here so many faculty members have tears in their eyes as attrocities on the faculty are too much and even one faculty has tried to suicide. Situation is much more horrible than the text given in the Mr. Butch report. It will a true GURU DAKSHINA IF YOU PEOPLE COULD DO SOMETHING CONCRETE for getting it free from the mentioned mafia Saxena-Sharma

with best wishes for great success in the mission

A MANIT faculty
October 13, 2007 8:09 PM

Anonymous said...

This is some good news but i would only believe it if something happens in real. Moreover the issues that have been covered in the report are only a tip of the iceberg. There is much much more lying underneath. I m sure once the beans start to spill there would more exciting news to come. But lets make it a national stir. Good Luck to all...let get rid of these monsters.
October 14, 2007 1:36 PM