(a) whether it ha come to the notice of the Government
that a senior professor of IIT, Kharagpur uses the IIT
Campus and Brand to run an institute offering invalid degrees;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Union Government has ordered any inquiry in
the matter;
(d) if so, the outcome thereof; and
(e) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (e) A report alleging involvement of Professor
Amit Kumar Ghosh, IIT, Kharagpur in the matter of award of Diploma
Certificate in Electrical Engineering by the Institution of Electrical
Engineers (IEE), Jhapatapur, Kharagpur appeared in the local Bengali
Daily Newspaper `SAAFKATHA` dated 14th August 2010. The Director of
the Institute also received a complaint dated 30th September 2010
signed by 22 persons alleging that
a) unrecognized and unauthorized fake Institute of Electrical
Engineers (IEE) (India) was being founded, operated and run by Prof.
Amit Kumar Ghosh, Department of Aerospace Engineering of IIT
Kharagpur as its President since 2006, and
b) Prof. A.K. Ghosh used to personally conduct the Entrance
Examination for all the new applicants for admission into the
said fake institution (IEE) wrongfully using his chamber at the
Department of Aerospace Engineering of IIT Kharagpur in batches
of a few students, projecting that there was link with IIT Kharagpur
without the knowledge of IIT and any permission from the authority
of IIT Kharagpur.
c) the document indicating the grades for admission was
signed by Prof. Ghosh using his official seal of IIT,
d) the certificate of the fake institution projecting
it as a recognized academic (Engineering) Institution that bear
the signature of Prof. Ghosh which contained a false
declaration that the certificate were granted `upon the
recommendation of All India Council IEE and the Board of
Governors of the Faculty of IIT Kharagpur there having no
such bodies as described.
2. Prof. A.K.Ghosh has been placed under suspension w.e.f
25th October 2010 and a chargesheet has been issued to him
on 8th November 2010. An FIR has also been lodged with Kharagpur
Town Police Station on 9th November 2010 by Dr. T. K. Ghosal,
Registrar, IIT-Kharagpur for taking legal action against
(i) Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh, son of Manick Kumar Ghosh and
employed as the Professor of Department of Aerospace Engineering
of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur are residing at
Plot No. 298, Hijli Cooperative Society, Kharagpur- 721306, Dist.
Paschim Medinipur
(ii) Mr. Jugal Kishore Tewari, son of Lt. B.G.Tewari residing at
Jhapetapur, Kharagpur, Dist. Paschim Medinipur
(iii)Prof. J.C.Biswas, son of Late B.C.Biswas, former Professor
of Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication
Engineeering of IIT Kharagpur and residing at C/o P.B.Mondat,
16/1 Vidyasagar Road, P.O. Rabindra Nagar, Dum Dum
Cantonment Kolkata- 700065 West Bengal for running a fake
Institute. Prof. Amit Kumar Ghosh surrendered before the
Midnapur District Court on 30th November, 2010, which
remanded him to judicial custody and has now been granted
bail on 3rd December, 2010.