Why Can’t We Stop Politicking At Institutes of National Importance?
Posted : June 19, 2006 at 6:13 am [IST]
I remember the days at IIT, Kharagpur, when students didn’t heed to the threat of the leftist backed union of the mesh workers and under very odd and difficult conditions students continued sitting for their exams. That and many such sacrifices of students and faculty created brand IIT that is globally recognized today
I feel shocked when I went through these two news items from two great institutes. They rather stop this so-called democratic process that is dividing the country and damaging the image of the institutes.
Two the representatives of the Pan IIT Foundation for Rural Development (PIFort) have lodged a police complaint against the Dean, Director and some senior members of the management for allegedly threatening students demonstrating peacefully against caste-based reservations. “The students were sitting on a relay hunger strike since May 31 opposite the main building (in IIT) when Prof S M Ishtiaque, Dean of Students, IIT, came with the security officer and ten other men. He threatened them with dire consequences concerning their career and forcibly brought down the shamiana,” the students alleged. They also alleged that many PhD students sitting on hunger strike for a fortnight were warned that they might not get their PhD degrees if they did not call off the protests. Is this the way institute would like you be in media?
And then see what dirty media publicity is going on about AIIMS.
On Saturday, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss tried to foist his appointee as acting director but the AIIMS administration was quick to scuttle the attempt. Citing rulebooks, it stated that in the director’s absence, the senior-most professor gets the top job. So, Venugopal’s appointee, T.D. Dogra (head of forensic medicine), stays.
Can’t the minister work on some better projects rather than the project ‘tarnish the image of AIIMS’?
- Indra
Category: Indian politics |
2 Comments »
What caught my attention in the following words
dignity of the institute being eroded.
Now if you look back
The dignity of institute was not eroded because of institute quotas
The dignity of institute was not eroded when the question papers were leaked in 2002
The dignity of institute was not eroded when the guys could not give a question paper with 300 proper questions (with 30 to 35 questions missing in fwe question papers) in 2004
The dignity of institute was not eroded when patients were refused treatment for 2 weeks
The dignity of institute was not eroded when AIIMS posted an irresponsible notice (http://www.nellaimedicos.com/blog/bruno/2006/02/irresponsibleagain.html )
In all those occasions this director did not feel that he should resign. Not that I am suggesting that he should be a Lal Bahadur Shastri to take moral responsibility, but what I am saying is that the present scenario does not in anyway erode the dignity of the institute
But now the gentleman (who did not come to press at anytime in the past) says that the dignity is eroded !!!
Strange !!!
Does it mean that if an institute is to remain “elite” (or dignified), pay should be given for no work !!! (or absenting from work)
If so then we need not have various kinds of leave such as Casual leave, Compensatory Leave, Permission Leave, Earned Leave, Unearned Leave, Maternity Leave, Study Leave, Leave on Medical Grounds etc
If I want to take leave, then I can go on a strike demanding that there should be no seperate hostel for Ladies (in the name of equality) and hence go for my personal work
When the work is over, I can come back and join…
Wonderful !!!
Posted by: Bruno at June 20, 2006 @ 9:08 am
If you feel this action only can bring the result carry on. I have all the right to express my views. The way of protest aare many. Our strikes the work and go to damage property and assault supervisors and managerial staffs. Unionists say that is right. I have seen Japanese also protest just by putting a black badge.There can be many way from the best to the worst to attain the objective. You choose what you feel good. But don’t take away my liberty.
Posted by: Indra at June 20, 2006 @ 6:23 pm
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