Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 13, 2007
In its attempts to find an alternative for West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) the higher education ministry is studying the Tamil Nadu model and is discussing the possibility of implementing some of the points in Bengal. The state will also consider looking into the Maharashtra model before taking a final decision.
The ministry decided to find an alternative to WBJEE or fine tune it following the busting of the fake examinee racket last month. The state is trying to go for a system that so that the “teaching shops,” which coaches students for WBJEE are stopped. The system should also be transparent and give a fair chance to all candidates. The state also wants the new set up to be simple. However whether WBJEE be reformed or abolished will be decided by mid September.
The director of technical education, Sajal Dasgupta and joint secretary of technical education, Monotosh Biswas was sent to Tamil Nadu to see how the students are admitted in various professional courses after Class XII without any entrance exam. Maharastra on the other hand was already admitting students in professional courses after their Class XII tests, but has introduced JEE from this year. The state now wants to find out why Maharastra opted for a change.
From 2005, Tamil Nadu has discontinued the Common Entrance Test (CET) and are admitting students in professional courses like B.E, B.Tech, B.Arch and allied courses, M.B.B.S, B.D.S, B.Pharm and allied courses on the basis of marks obtained in Class XII board exam. The then chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, chose to change the system because she thought he CET had become traumatic for the rural students.
The process is simple, all boards including the state are asked to submit the highest marks obtained in each subject. Then the marks obtained by the applicants are converted into percentile and the students are offered seats as per rank.
The state higher education minister, Sudarsan Raychaudhuri, has been briefed about the Tamil Nadu model. Speaking to Hindustan Times, he said, “We need some more clarification before I make any comment.”
The state higher education department has liked the counseling system followed in Tamil Nadu. While in Bengal, the students taking WBJEE are merely allotted seats during the counseling session, in Tamil Nadu all students are given computers where they can give their preference and see which seats are getting filled by students who have a higher score. The system according to the ministry is transparent. However, there is a negative side —there are court cases pending in Tamil Nadu.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Getting duplicate mark sheet of HS now a click away
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 10, 2007
THE MONTH-LONG wait for getting duplicate copies of higher secondary marksheets and certificates is over. Now, the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has made it a five-minute affair. Moreover, with the council re-launching its official website www.wbchse.nic.in on Thursday, students and teachers of Class XI and XII can also avail relevant information at the click of a mouse.
As part of its IT enterprise, the council has initiated the process of digitisation of all certificates and marksheets of all pass-outs since the time HS exams began in 1978. It hopes to complete the job in three weeks’ time.
Once that is done, all one needs to do is to visit the council office, pay necessary fees and walk off with computerised printouts of duplicate documents.
“It is the duty of the council to provide students with duplicate marksheets and certificates as and when required. But to maintain this data we need huge space, which was slowly becoming impossible for us to provide. Moreover, stored data was also getting damaged,” said Gopa Dutta, president of the WBCHSE.
School education minister Partha De, who was present at the launch, said: “We will try to emulate the system at the madhyamik level. However, we need to ensure that no one misuses the facility.”
The council has taken care of the minister’s concern. It has created a back-up data for its archives and made the whole system password protected. “Once a person logs on to the system, the computer will automatically detect the date and time of access. Even the documents that the person had perused can be traced. Tampering will be impossible as the system can identify any change made to documents,” said WBCHSE secretary Debashish Sharkar.
The website has district-wise data of all schools and their addresses along with the subjects they are offering. “This will help students as they will be able to know about schools and the subjects on offer at the click of a mouse,” said Sharkar. One can access the website to know about the council’s exam and admission regulations or its annual working plan. Council circulars will also be uploaded regularly.
“The website was started in 2002 but became defunct. Now, all through the year both schools and students will benefit from the web effort. This data will also help researchers track changes in the state’s education scenario,” Sharkar said.
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Kolkata, August 10, 2007
THE MONTH-LONG wait for getting duplicate copies of higher secondary marksheets and certificates is over. Now, the West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has made it a five-minute affair. Moreover, with the council re-launching its official website www.wbchse.nic.in on Thursday, students and teachers of Class XI and XII can also avail relevant information at the click of a mouse.
As part of its IT enterprise, the council has initiated the process of digitisation of all certificates and marksheets of all pass-outs since the time HS exams began in 1978. It hopes to complete the job in three weeks’ time.
Once that is done, all one needs to do is to visit the council office, pay necessary fees and walk off with computerised printouts of duplicate documents.
“It is the duty of the council to provide students with duplicate marksheets and certificates as and when required. But to maintain this data we need huge space, which was slowly becoming impossible for us to provide. Moreover, stored data was also getting damaged,” said Gopa Dutta, president of the WBCHSE.
School education minister Partha De, who was present at the launch, said: “We will try to emulate the system at the madhyamik level. However, we need to ensure that no one misuses the facility.”
The council has taken care of the minister’s concern. It has created a back-up data for its archives and made the whole system password protected. “Once a person logs on to the system, the computer will automatically detect the date and time of access. Even the documents that the person had perused can be traced. Tampering will be impossible as the system can identify any change made to documents,” said WBCHSE secretary Debashish Sharkar.
The website has district-wise data of all schools and their addresses along with the subjects they are offering. “This will help students as they will be able to know about schools and the subjects on offer at the click of a mouse,” said Sharkar. One can access the website to know about the council’s exam and admission regulations or its annual working plan. Council circulars will also be uploaded regularly.
“The website was started in 2002 but became defunct. Now, all through the year both schools and students will benefit from the web effort. This data will also help researchers track changes in the state’s education scenario,” Sharkar said.
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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Future management gurus turn T-shirt entrepreneurs
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 5, 2007
Five IIT students have turned entrepreneurs off the beaten track by marketing customised T-shirts online. Business is brisk with more than 10 orders coming in daily.
Second-year students of Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) in IIT Kharagpur — S Santosh Kumar, Nishank Agarwal, Dharmveer Arora, Ashutosh Chouksey and Amit Joshi — have launched www.webvastra.in just a month ago. Targeting students worldwide, their website offers five categories of T-shirts in different colours, with over 50 designs available in 60 varieties. All you need to do is select the T-shirt style, choose the design and then place you by paying online. Your apparel will be delivered to your doorstep within a week. The venture is being supported by STEP (Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park) at the IIT.
“Our aim is to ultimately become an entrepreneur. All of us were toying with various ideas and we finally zeroed in on this one,” said Nishank, who had studied civil engineering from IIT Kanpur before joining VGSOM.
But they have not set up a manufacturing unit. Instead, they outsource the T-shirts from a Tamil Nadu-based company, which exports T-shirts to large departmental stores all over the world. The garments cost not more than Rs 259 plus Rs 40 as shipping charges, which make it affordable. “This has ensured that the quality of our product is very good and we have no manufacturing headaches. However, if there are any complaints about our products, we promise to replace them,” said Dharmveer.
With only Rs 25,000 investment by each of them, the company expects to break even soon. “STEP had helped us with all kinds of formalities, tax issues followed by the guidelines for operations. We will obviously have to invest more as the business grows and would also talk to some venture capitalist to finance the project,” said Ashutosh who is looking after the operations and accounts.
Sharing the workload, Santosh and Amit are the designers and they plan to hire professional designers soon. “Though we have many designs on offer, we can also make customised designs if clients want so,” informed Santosh. While, five new designs celebrating Independence Day will be uploaded by August 7, the five buddies will introduce customised pullovers, sweaters and cardigans by this winter. Soon to follow are customised coffee and beer mugs, cups and tablemats.
The budding entrepreneurs did their homework finding out market preferences and pricing issues. “We aimed at community portals such as Orkut and also sent our web links to everyone we know and this seems to have worked well for us,” said Nishank. They now plan to attract bulk orders from various institutions.
But will they be able to sustain the undertaking after they get jobs? “Why not? Everything is pre-set and web-based, we will not be required to put in much effort,” said Nishank.
mou.hindustantimes@yahoo.com
Kolkata, August 5, 2007
Five IIT students have turned entrepreneurs off the beaten track by marketing customised T-shirts online. Business is brisk with more than 10 orders coming in daily.
Second-year students of Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) in IIT Kharagpur — S Santosh Kumar, Nishank Agarwal, Dharmveer Arora, Ashutosh Chouksey and Amit Joshi — have launched www.webvastra.in just a month ago. Targeting students worldwide, their website offers five categories of T-shirts in different colours, with over 50 designs available in 60 varieties. All you need to do is select the T-shirt style, choose the design and then place you by paying online. Your apparel will be delivered to your doorstep within a week. The venture is being supported by STEP (Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park) at the IIT.
“Our aim is to ultimately become an entrepreneur. All of us were toying with various ideas and we finally zeroed in on this one,” said Nishank, who had studied civil engineering from IIT Kanpur before joining VGSOM.
But they have not set up a manufacturing unit. Instead, they outsource the T-shirts from a Tamil Nadu-based company, which exports T-shirts to large departmental stores all over the world. The garments cost not more than Rs 259 plus Rs 40 as shipping charges, which make it affordable. “This has ensured that the quality of our product is very good and we have no manufacturing headaches. However, if there are any complaints about our products, we promise to replace them,” said Dharmveer.
With only Rs 25,000 investment by each of them, the company expects to break even soon. “STEP had helped us with all kinds of formalities, tax issues followed by the guidelines for operations. We will obviously have to invest more as the business grows and would also talk to some venture capitalist to finance the project,” said Ashutosh who is looking after the operations and accounts.
Sharing the workload, Santosh and Amit are the designers and they plan to hire professional designers soon. “Though we have many designs on offer, we can also make customised designs if clients want so,” informed Santosh. While, five new designs celebrating Independence Day will be uploaded by August 7, the five buddies will introduce customised pullovers, sweaters and cardigans by this winter. Soon to follow are customised coffee and beer mugs, cups and tablemats.
The budding entrepreneurs did their homework finding out market preferences and pricing issues. “We aimed at community portals such as Orkut and also sent our web links to everyone we know and this seems to have worked well for us,” said Nishank. They now plan to attract bulk orders from various institutions.
But will they be able to sustain the undertaking after they get jobs? “Why not? Everything is pre-set and web-based, we will not be required to put in much effort,” said Nishank.
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Two IIMs to lock horns on playfields
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 5, 2007
If you think that IIMs are all work and no play, you would be very far from the truth. For the first time, two IIMs are getting together to organise a sports meet and it is set to be an annual event pitting all six IIMs against each other soon.
For this time though, IIM Bangalore will be the only participant, other than hosts IIMC to take part in the sports meet named Samhar, loosely translated as “attack”. The even will be held on August 11 and 12. The organisers had tried to rope in IIM Ahmedabad but they could not make it due to some prior engagements. “All IIT’s have a common sports meet but no such event has ever been organised by the IIMs,” said Prof Anindya Sen, dean of program and research initiative, IIMC.
Talking about the need for sports in the lives of budding managers, Amit Kamble, sports secretary of IIMC said, “As would-be managers we need to learn both how to be leaders as well as good followers. And what better way to learn that than through sports.” The meet would serve as the foundation of future IIM meets, be it sports or otherwise, in the years to come, the sports secretary said. “IIMC has always been active in sports and cultural events, so it is not surprising that we have initiated this meet,” he added.
For the inaugural games, 15 disciplines including basketball, football, badminton, tennis, athletics and cricket will see 85 boys and girls from IIMB and 100 from the host institute fighting it out for top honours. The remaining 500-odd students of IIMC will be amongst the audience. Since the institute does not have a cricket pitch, it will be the only event that will be held elsewhere. “We are hiring a stadium for the event,” said Kamble.
Kamble will be writing to all six IIMs to make plans for a common games meet in 2008. “This is the best platform to know each other, but the biggest problem is that none of the IIMs can manage to have a free week when the event could be scheduled. We hope at least IIMA would join us next year,” said Vijay Anand Menon, a second-year IIMC student.
After the battles on the field, there will be a gala performance by the popular IIMC band, JBS BaroC, as well as their compatriots from IIMB.
Last year, the Kolkata institute boasted of the best placements in the country, upsetting the apple carts of IIMA and IIMB and the latter would be thirsting for revenge at the IIMC’s lair. May the best team win!
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Kolkata, August 5, 2007
If you think that IIMs are all work and no play, you would be very far from the truth. For the first time, two IIMs are getting together to organise a sports meet and it is set to be an annual event pitting all six IIMs against each other soon.
For this time though, IIM Bangalore will be the only participant, other than hosts IIMC to take part in the sports meet named Samhar, loosely translated as “attack”. The even will be held on August 11 and 12. The organisers had tried to rope in IIM Ahmedabad but they could not make it due to some prior engagements. “All IIT’s have a common sports meet but no such event has ever been organised by the IIMs,” said Prof Anindya Sen, dean of program and research initiative, IIMC.
Talking about the need for sports in the lives of budding managers, Amit Kamble, sports secretary of IIMC said, “As would-be managers we need to learn both how to be leaders as well as good followers. And what better way to learn that than through sports.” The meet would serve as the foundation of future IIM meets, be it sports or otherwise, in the years to come, the sports secretary said. “IIMC has always been active in sports and cultural events, so it is not surprising that we have initiated this meet,” he added.
For the inaugural games, 15 disciplines including basketball, football, badminton, tennis, athletics and cricket will see 85 boys and girls from IIMB and 100 from the host institute fighting it out for top honours. The remaining 500-odd students of IIMC will be amongst the audience. Since the institute does not have a cricket pitch, it will be the only event that will be held elsewhere. “We are hiring a stadium for the event,” said Kamble.
Kamble will be writing to all six IIMs to make plans for a common games meet in 2008. “This is the best platform to know each other, but the biggest problem is that none of the IIMs can manage to have a free week when the event could be scheduled. We hope at least IIMA would join us next year,” said Vijay Anand Menon, a second-year IIMC student.
After the battles on the field, there will be a gala performance by the popular IIMC band, JBS BaroC, as well as their compatriots from IIMB.
Last year, the Kolkata institute boasted of the best placements in the country, upsetting the apple carts of IIMA and IIMB and the latter would be thirsting for revenge at the IIMC’s lair. May the best team win!
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Friday, August 3, 2007
SFI suspect insider job in WBJEE scam
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 3, 2007
Students Federation of India (SFI), the CPI(M)’s students wing on Friday said they suspect employees and members of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam board behind the recent admission racket.
SFI pointed out that the WBJEE racket might not have been operated successfully without the help of some insiders from the board. “The racket is so big that we cannot keep the people in the WBJEE board above suspicion. The impersonators and racketeers would not have succeeded with the help of invigilators alone,” said Sudip Sengupta, state president of SFI.
The students’ body has found several loopholes that points to insiders and has recommended restructuring of the board.
“The board sends two invigilators to every exam centre and even they failed to recognise the dummy candidates. It is also curious that as many as 25 candidates from some exam centres were successful. A massive restructuring is necessary to cleanse the board,” said Sengupta.
He also countered that unlike the engineering course, transparency was not maintained during counselling for the medical course. “During the engineering counselling session, students had information on all aspects including the number of available seats. In fact, the information is still available online. But medical rank holders did not have access to such information,” Sengupta said.
The SFI has also urged the government, to form a committee to review the question pattern and the exam system as a whole, by comparing it with that of other states. “The committee must probe the loopholes and decide what is best for students. Suggestions from students’ organisations may also be solicited. We are also against only multiple choice questions,” he said.
The students’ organisation has also demanded choosing government institutions in place of private ones as exam centres. “Government servants have experience conducting many such exams and are also answerable,” he said.
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Kolkata, August 3, 2007
Students Federation of India (SFI), the CPI(M)’s students wing on Friday said they suspect employees and members of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam board behind the recent admission racket.
SFI pointed out that the WBJEE racket might not have been operated successfully without the help of some insiders from the board. “The racket is so big that we cannot keep the people in the WBJEE board above suspicion. The impersonators and racketeers would not have succeeded with the help of invigilators alone,” said Sudip Sengupta, state president of SFI.
The students’ body has found several loopholes that points to insiders and has recommended restructuring of the board.
“The board sends two invigilators to every exam centre and even they failed to recognise the dummy candidates. It is also curious that as many as 25 candidates from some exam centres were successful. A massive restructuring is necessary to cleanse the board,” said Sengupta.
He also countered that unlike the engineering course, transparency was not maintained during counselling for the medical course. “During the engineering counselling session, students had information on all aspects including the number of available seats. In fact, the information is still available online. But medical rank holders did not have access to such information,” Sengupta said.
The SFI has also urged the government, to form a committee to review the question pattern and the exam system as a whole, by comparing it with that of other states. “The committee must probe the loopholes and decide what is best for students. Suggestions from students’ organisations may also be solicited. We are also against only multiple choice questions,” he said.
The students’ organisation has also demanded choosing government institutions in place of private ones as exam centres. “Government servants have experience conducting many such exams and are also answerable,” he said.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
State Madrasas to become hi-tech
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 2, 2007
The Madrasa Board is all set to become hi-tech. On Thursday, the department of minorities’ development and welfare and madrasa education signed an MoU with Wipro in this regard.
According to the agreement, Wipro under its “Applying Thought in School” program will look to improve the quality of madrasa education. Fifteen madrasas are being involved in this 2-year pilot project. Wipro along with its partner organisation Vikram Shila has already started the project in Classes V and VI of some madrasas. “We are aiming to upgrade the academic and administrative system of the madrasas. We are working in 16 states all over the country but this is our first project in Bengal,” said Vijay Gupta, vice-president (community service) of Wipro.
The company will help the madrasa board to develop certain areas of the curriculum by trying to find out what the students want to learn and also what they need to learn in a competitive environment. They will then forward the suggestions to the board.
Wipro will also help the board to improve its assessment system and ensure that children do not learn by rote. Making questions knowledge, application and experience oriented would facilitate this. The company will also train teachers to be lively in class to ensure that students enjoy learning. Teachers will also be taught to be good education managers and administrative managers. “The aim would be to help teachers identify ways of teaching that would leave an impact on students,” said Gupta.
The minister of the department of minorities development and welfare and madrasa education, Abdus Sattar said, “We are trying to minimise dropout rates in school and this initiative will play a very important role.” Sattar added that teachers should not be content teaching but aim to learn education management. “Such programs will modernise the system and change the attitudes of both students and others involved by making everyone professional,” the minister said.
The ministry will start 100 new madrasas by the next academic session and 10 of these will be government sponsored. Currently, the only such institution in the state is in Hooghly. “The proposal has been sent to the finance department. We will develop learning resource centres in the proposed government madrasas and develop them as model institutions,” Sattar said.
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Kolkata, August 2, 2007
The Madrasa Board is all set to become hi-tech. On Thursday, the department of minorities’ development and welfare and madrasa education signed an MoU with Wipro in this regard.
According to the agreement, Wipro under its “Applying Thought in School” program will look to improve the quality of madrasa education. Fifteen madrasas are being involved in this 2-year pilot project. Wipro along with its partner organisation Vikram Shila has already started the project in Classes V and VI of some madrasas. “We are aiming to upgrade the academic and administrative system of the madrasas. We are working in 16 states all over the country but this is our first project in Bengal,” said Vijay Gupta, vice-president (community service) of Wipro.
The company will help the madrasa board to develop certain areas of the curriculum by trying to find out what the students want to learn and also what they need to learn in a competitive environment. They will then forward the suggestions to the board.
Wipro will also help the board to improve its assessment system and ensure that children do not learn by rote. Making questions knowledge, application and experience oriented would facilitate this. The company will also train teachers to be lively in class to ensure that students enjoy learning. Teachers will also be taught to be good education managers and administrative managers. “The aim would be to help teachers identify ways of teaching that would leave an impact on students,” said Gupta.
The minister of the department of minorities development and welfare and madrasa education, Abdus Sattar said, “We are trying to minimise dropout rates in school and this initiative will play a very important role.” Sattar added that teachers should not be content teaching but aim to learn education management. “Such programs will modernise the system and change the attitudes of both students and others involved by making everyone professional,” the minister said.
The ministry will start 100 new madrasas by the next academic session and 10 of these will be government sponsored. Currently, the only such institution in the state is in Hooghly. “The proposal has been sent to the finance department. We will develop learning resource centres in the proposed government madrasas and develop them as model institutions,” Sattar said.
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CU professor show-caused
Mou Chakraborty
Kolkata, August 2, 2007
For the first time in the history of Calcutta University (CU), a professor has been show-caused for tampering with the attendance of students.
The syndicate of CU arrived at this decision on Wednesday. The head of the university’s philosophy department, Dilip Mohanto, has been found guilty of tampering with the students’ attendance and the university syndicate had asked him to resign from his post and give up his position as the convener of the PhD programme and other important posts he holds. The university also cancelled the professor’s sabbatical leave and show-caused him.
“He has been found guilty of tampering with the students’ attendance and the syndicate has decided to take disciplinary action against him,” said Samir Bandhyopadhyay, registrar of CU. The university has sent the show cause letter to him on Thursday.
About 50 first-year and second-year students of the MA programme were barred from taking the exam because it was found that they did not have the required attendance. The students lodged a complaint with the university, based on which a one-man inquiry was ordered and the exam was postponed. After the inquiry report was tabled, the syndicate decided on June 26, to conduct a 3-person inquiry commission to investigate further into the matter.
The CU science secretary Shyamal Sarkar was the convener of the committee, while the other two members were Prof Shyamapada Pal and the dean of law, Prof I Ahmed. The committee tabled their report on Wednesday and it says that Mohanto has neither denied nor confirmed his involvement with attendance tampering. But, the report has pointed out his involvement as well his connivance in the case. It has also found that Mohanto had a high-handed attitude over his students and colleagues alike. The report was of the opinion that Mohanto has “not kept the prestige associated with his office.”
The accused professor had joined as a reader almost a decade ago and had held the post of professor for the last 3 years. “The head of the department should be above others, including equals, but he has not maintained transparency in his activities and has been undemocratic,” said Arun Kumar Banerjee, dean of postgraduate studies (arts) of CU.
The 3-man inquiry report has been termed as one of the finest investigations done by university in recent times. It has signatures from all the people concerned and has 12 disclosures, which give proof of his autocracy and tampering with the attendance of students. Questions are now being raised, as to why he had tampered with the attendance records that have endangered the future of so many students by trying to stop them from taking their exams. “The show-cause has been done based on the inquiry report and the university has asked him to reply,” said Bandhyopadhyay.
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Kolkata, August 2, 2007
For the first time in the history of Calcutta University (CU), a professor has been show-caused for tampering with the attendance of students.
The syndicate of CU arrived at this decision on Wednesday. The head of the university’s philosophy department, Dilip Mohanto, has been found guilty of tampering with the students’ attendance and the university syndicate had asked him to resign from his post and give up his position as the convener of the PhD programme and other important posts he holds. The university also cancelled the professor’s sabbatical leave and show-caused him.
“He has been found guilty of tampering with the students’ attendance and the syndicate has decided to take disciplinary action against him,” said Samir Bandhyopadhyay, registrar of CU. The university has sent the show cause letter to him on Thursday.
About 50 first-year and second-year students of the MA programme were barred from taking the exam because it was found that they did not have the required attendance. The students lodged a complaint with the university, based on which a one-man inquiry was ordered and the exam was postponed. After the inquiry report was tabled, the syndicate decided on June 26, to conduct a 3-person inquiry commission to investigate further into the matter.
The CU science secretary Shyamal Sarkar was the convener of the committee, while the other two members were Prof Shyamapada Pal and the dean of law, Prof I Ahmed. The committee tabled their report on Wednesday and it says that Mohanto has neither denied nor confirmed his involvement with attendance tampering. But, the report has pointed out his involvement as well his connivance in the case. It has also found that Mohanto had a high-handed attitude over his students and colleagues alike. The report was of the opinion that Mohanto has “not kept the prestige associated with his office.”
The accused professor had joined as a reader almost a decade ago and had held the post of professor for the last 3 years. “The head of the department should be above others, including equals, but he has not maintained transparency in his activities and has been undemocratic,” said Arun Kumar Banerjee, dean of postgraduate studies (arts) of CU.
The 3-man inquiry report has been termed as one of the finest investigations done by university in recent times. It has signatures from all the people concerned and has 12 disclosures, which give proof of his autocracy and tampering with the attendance of students. Questions are now being raised, as to why he had tampered with the attendance records that have endangered the future of so many students by trying to stop them from taking their exams. “The show-cause has been done based on the inquiry report and the university has asked him to reply,” said Bandhyopadhyay.
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