Iit press release
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This document summarizes an investigation by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur into fraudulent use of its name and reputation by an organization called "The Institution of Electrical Engineers(India)". Key points: 1) IIT Kharagpur found that this organization was operating under the fake affiliation and recognition of IIT Kharagpur by using forged documents and letters. 2) An investigation uncovered Professor Amit Kumar Ghosh's involvement in awarding fake degrees from this organization. He was suspended from IIT Kharagpur. 3) IIT Kharagpur denies any affiliation with this organization and has taken legal action against those involved in misusing its name and damaging its reputation.
Iit press release
- 1. 1 Fraudulent misuse of the reputation and name of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in establishing and operating of a fake institution for offering Degree/Diploma by The Institution of Electrical Engineers(India), Jhapetapur, Kharagpur. -------------- Several stories on running of fake institution, involvement of Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh, Professor of Aerospace Engineering Department, IIT, Kharagpur, and offering of Degree/Diploma by the so called The Institution of Electrical Engineers(India), Jhapetapur, Kharagpur have been appearing in the Press. These stories have repeatedly dragged the name of IIT Kharagpur. In view of this, IIT Kharagpur wants to clear its position. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is an institution of international repute and is governed by its Acts and Statute. IIT Kharagpur as per its Acts and Statute cannot a) affiliate any College/Institution b) recommend curriculum or syllabi of any other Institute to be at par with its degree level curriculum or syllabi c) recommend to others any degree/diploma of other Institute to be at par with IIT Kharagpur for the purpose of admission/employment. Therefore, the Institute is no way connected in either affiliating or recognizing the Degree/Diploma of the so called The Institution of Electrical Engineers (India). In the event of any use of the name and reputation of IIT Kharagpur is made by any person, shall be an act of fabrication and forgery, the responsibility of which is to be borne entirely by the individual concerned including all legal obligations and liabilities. As sequel to the newspaper reports on the matter came across the following points are mentioned : (i) That Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh is directly involved in the matter of awarding of Degree and Diploma certificates by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
- 2. 2 (India), Jhapetapur, Kharagpur came to the notice of the Institute through a local Bengali Daily on 14th August, 2010. Immediately the Institute started internal investigation. Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh was asked to step down from the Head of Aerospace Engineering Department and from the position of CVO of the Institute. New Head of the Department was appointed by the Institute and new CVO was recommended to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for possible appointment. (ii) The Institute received complaint as on 30.09.2010 and received on October 5, 2010 from a few students of the so called IEE (India) alleging that the Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) was being operated by Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh as its President and one Dr. J. K. Tewari as its Director General and Secretary. (iii) During the internal investigation, the Institute has come across the following documents that appear to be fraudulent. The documents show that the Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) that Dr. J. K. Tewari as its Director General & Secretary and Prof. J. C. Biswas, former Professor of IIT Kharagpur have obtained allegedly a Presidential Stricture for a Deemed University named International University of Modern Science and Technology with Dr. J. K. Tewari as its lifelong Director and Prof. Juran Chandra Biswas as its lifelong Vice Chancellor. The alleged Stricture also gives its Deemed University status under Section (3) of UGC Act. The Stricture also has a provision that the Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) will be at par with the Baccalaurate Degree in Electrical Engineering of India / foreign University and is equivalent to the Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (London). This Stricture also states that the Diploma of IEE (India) is
- 3. 3 approved at par with the Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from State Polytechnics. (iv) A letter alleged to be written by Prof. K. L. Chopra, former Director, IIT Kharagpur in 1996 giving the syllabi of Associate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (India), the recognition and professional affiliation of IIT Kharagpur as equivalent to BE/B.Tech Degree and their eligibility to appear at GATE Examination for admission to M.Tech/MS. Prof. K. L. Chopra in his written statement to the Institute has declared that the letter alleged to have been signed by him is forged. It may please be noted that IIT Kharagpur does not offer any BE Degree. Therefore, considering equivalence is out of question. Eligibility to appear at GATE Examination is decided by the Charter of Professional Societies approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The name of The Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) is not available in that Charter. The National Coordinating Board (NCB) for GATE Examination has never permitted the so called graduates of IEE (India) to appear at GATE and seek admission to PG programme in Engineering. (v) The Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) itself got registered as a Society in 2001 vide Registration Certificate No. S/1l/2576 of 2000-2001 dated 5th March, 2001. (vi) The Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) based on the above allegedly forged documents posing it as a Professional Body got allotment of one Quarter within the Campus of the Institute in 2004. On 20th June, 2007, it came to the notice of the Institute that the allotted Quarter to IEE (India) is being used to operate an International University of Modern Science and Technology. The Institute immediately cancelled the allotment and evicted the occupant i.e. the Vice President of The Institution of Electrical Engineers
- 4. 4 (India). The reemployment of the Vice President, Prof. J. C. Biswas from the Institute was withdrawn. He was also forced to leave the Campus within seven days. (vii) That The Institution of Electrical Engineers (India) is conducting examination and awarding Diploma with its office at Jhapetapur, Kharagpur with the approval of the so called Board of Governors of the faculty of IIT Kharagpur ( a non-existent body) came to the notice from a complaint received from the alleged students of IEE(India) on 05.10.10. The sequence of events makes one to believe a section of the people associated with so called IEE(India) have deliberately tried to involve the name of the Institute to cash on its goodwill. Based on the allegedly forged documents, they also might have duped both the faculty of the Institute and the public at large. The Institute has put Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh under suspension with effect from 25.10.10 and initiated departmental proceeding against him. The Institute has also initiated legal action against those who have been involved in using the name of IIT Kharagpur and in tarnishing its image. ----------