Re: [MTC Global] Corruption undermining higher education in India

Dear Professors and Eminent Academicians

What Professor Bholanath Dutta is absolutely right. The corruption is luting the academic scenario in the country and hence the quality has been deeply fallen down to ditches. 

Let me make it clear about the verdicts made beloved Prof. Dutta, it is true that the appointment is purely made on the basis of money paid the one who wish to become a Vice Chancellors of Universities. 

Some information about the appointment of various positions in the Universities

Vice Chancellors  -                                                                                                                 Rs. 15 - 50 Crores

Syndicate Members nominated by the The Honourable Governor

(Chancellor)                                                                                                                              Rs. 25.00 to 50.00 Lakhs

Registrars                                                                                                                                   Rs. 8 - Rs. 10 Crores

Professors and Head of the Departments                                                                    Rs. 25 - 50 Lakhs.

Just couple of days before I happened to meet a sincere employee of a leading universities in Tamilnadu.

According to the information received 

The Benevolent Vice Chancellor of the particular University had prepared a list and respective demands by those who approach him for things to get done.

Grating Centre for Participating Programmes                                            Rs. 10.00 Lakhs (in fact the fees this is Rs. 1.00) 

Additional Courses (Based on the demand for the course)                    Rs. 5.00 to 10.00 

New Institution affiliation                                                                                    Rs. 25.00 

Purchases made by university its various departments                         20.00 percent to 30 percent on the value of the                                                                                                                                                bill       

Unqualified personnels are placed in the top category as

Directors/Deans/Heads of the Dept by collecting                                      Rs. 25.00 Rs. 50.00

Please note some of the officers even do not know the basic rules and regulations of the University, poor in communication, and in fact they themselves declare that they are in power steering positions of the University. They act as the collection agents for the vice Chancellors. Apart from the above the respective Minister must also be paid the respective share from the above collections. 

I am surprised how a person charged in a smuggling case and put in Tihar Prison. Do the government is aware or unaware of it?    

If this is the situation how come we prove ourselves that we are talented in the Global Level and compete with rest of the world. 

It is well noticed that only because of few dedicated institutions and honest faculty members we are able to produce quality candidates to the corporate world. 

My sincere and humble request to all the members of the forum is let us keep ourselves from this act and continue to do the best to the students and education arena.

Thanks for this opportunity to share my view to the subject taken by Prof. Bholanath Dutta                                         

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

Corruption undermining higher education in India

By M Anandakrishnan [The writer is chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Kanpur]

 

People of India are deeply concerned about the form and extent of corruption in almost all walks of life. What is particularly alarming is the conspicuous corruption in higher education undermining the foundations of society. It has become so pervasive, making it difficult to assess the root causes.

The general perception, however, is that the increasing degree of political interference in higher education is a dominant factor. It occurs in many insidious forms, making it appear almost legitimate.

For instance, the state legislations on appointment of Vice-chancellors (V-C). In a few states, the chancellor, who is generally the governor, is required to consult the state government in selecting the name of a person from the panel submitted by the search committee. It is an open secret in some states that the ministers demand from the persons in the panel to shell out a few crores to be appointed as V-C. Currently, in one state the amount ranges from Rs 5 crore for smaller universities to Rs 50 crore for large universities with hundreds of affiliated colleges.

V-C aspirants accept the bait as the amount could later be collected from the affiliated colleges and from the various appointments and promotions in the university. It is sad that in several instances the chancellor/governor is also known to indulge in such collections through intermediaries. It is not difficult to see the spiralling effect of such a practice deeply penetrating every level of the academia.

For aided colleges, the state education ministers delay the sanction of faculty positions against existing vacancies till the college managements pay up the amount on the basis of number of vacancies. The logic is the managements should collect the amount from the selected teachers. The teacher in turn would engage in all forms of illicit practices to recoup the sum from the students and others. This is one reason for many competent persons not choosing to apply to some of the aided colleges.

Likewise, stories about demands made on PhD scholars by research guides sound like fiction but, unfortunately, are too widespread to be ignored. Besides demanding sexual favours, thesis supervisors and examiners extract sizeable sums from the helpless students before final approval.

Another cause for concern is the corruption in granting approval for new institutions. Many worthless institutions had obtained the status of deemed universities through bribing. So is the case with technical institutions.

Of late, the establishment of private universities under state legislatures has become a lucrative venue for huge illicit collections in some states. Many such universities tend to resist any form of regulation to maintain quality and standards of academic programmes. Hopefully, the proposed mandatory accreditation process will help raise the credibility of academic programmes of such institutions.

These are matters that need urgent attention at a time when the higher education system is poised for a steep growth. Fortunately, such undesirable practices are confined only to a few states in the country, though the number of institutions and persons affected are significantly large. In general, the institutions under the purview of the Central government are largely, though not entirely, free from such atrocious practices. Examples of several Central, state and private institutions which have demonstrated their ability to function unaffected in such a vicious environment can be emulated by others.

Fortunately, the regulatory authorities concerned with higher education at the Central level and in some of the progressive states are conscious of the prevailing malady and hopefully some of their initiatives will bear fruit.

 

 

Educate, Empower, Elevate

Prof. Bholanath Dutta

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