All talk no action!! No transparency in RTI

Posted at: Sep 14, 2017, 2:14 AM; last updated: Sep 14, 2017, 2:14 AM (IST)

NIPER: Good governance, transparency on agenda

Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 13

Improving NIPER happiness index by offering good governance and transparency for productivity is on top of the agenda of the five-year manifesto of the institution, said NIPER’s new director Dr Raghuram Rao, here, today. Releasing the manifesto, the director said the five main focus areas of the institution included making it a global campus, harmonisation of NIPER research with national needs, promoting employability through skill enhancement and support to small and medium pharma units. “For the purpose, we would introduce a dual degree programme with international universities, improve creativity and productivity of employees,” said the director, adding that it was his endeavour to make NIPER ‘grievance free’ in the larger welfare of the institute and the country.

NIPER Saga continues.....................

Dear All,
We would like to share something which is probably the first of its kind anywhere in the world. In the afternoon of 1st August 2017, we received a letter through email from NIPER Hajipur Administration asking us to vacate the hostel within 24 hrs of the receipt of it (the letter has been attached). Reason: The institute do not have a suitable advisor to guide us after our previous advisor (who was temporary and contractual employee of the institute) resigned in mid-January, 2017.

We have been “assured” that once the appointment of new faculty would be made, we would be called back. Clearly, the order is unconstitutional, but at NIPER Hajipur, hardly anything works as per rule. NOT following NIPER Ordinance on Academic and examination is fashion here. For all NIPERs it is mandatory to follow the ordinance. Questions which are haunting us and for which we want answers are:

1. Why PhD scholars are being harassed for the mistake of the Institute? If there are no suitable guides, how we are responsible for that?
2. We were writing our thesis as all our objectives are done. How we would write our thesis at home and who would be guiding us at home?
3. Why the letter is silent about our stipend during our “forced leave” period.
4. What if NIPER Hajipur could not find any suitable candidate? How long would be our “forced leave”? and finally
5. What if the new faculty (who would also be appointed temporarily for one-year contract) refused to accept us as his student as the letter say “who may be your PhD advisor”? Where would we go then?

We, Venkateshwaran T and Bhavana Panthi, are PhD student of Department of Pharmacoinformatics, enrolled in the year 2013 at NIPER Hajipur. We started our PhD here with complete uncertainty from beginning as this institution does not run as per rules prescribed in the NIPER Ordinance, which every NIPER has to follow. Whatever the Director says, becomes the rule. None dare to ask question and in this way he is ruling the institute.
We dared to question his orders and since then we are being harassed.

We completed all our objectives (conveyed by our previous guide to the Director) and presented entire work to Student Research Committee (SRC; the Committee meant to monitor progress of a research student) on 14th January 2017, which was approved by the committee. On 17th of January 2017, our thesis advisor submitted his resignation and since then the institute hasn’t assigned any advisor having expertise in Pharmacoinformatics. The advisor and joint advisor assigned were not according to the Ordinance and hence illegal. That was the reason we refused to accept and finally it came to the level where we received the attached letter from the Deputy Registrar. Not only the content is bizarre, it also reflects the state of a National Institute and its functioning. The letter also raises a very pertinent question and that is “if there is no suitable expert in the Department of Pharmacoinformatics, how two more new PhD scholar were admitted this year and who would be guiding them”? The reason due to which we have been asked to vacate the hostel must also be applicable to new scholars who would NOT be getting their PhD advisor till the end of August as required by the NIPER Ordinance (the last date of submission of application for the recruitment of new faculties is 31st August 2017).

We have tried to reach the ministry through all possible means of communication but didn't get any positive response (It is worth to mention here that all NIPERs are under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Fertilizer and chemicals, Govt.of India). Therefore, we went to our home. On Aug 10, we got information, a ministry official visited the institute and talked to our students and said that the Forced leave order has been cancelled. However we have not got any official intimation in this regard yet.

We are in the middle of writing our thesis and without the system and specialized software, we would not be able to write anything because our work is totally based on computational drug discovery related areas. At present when we have to just submit our thesis, we are being tortured and harassed by the NIPER Hajipur administration. Past 4 - 5 months it has been very depressing and every other day we are being subjected to humiliation by the NIPER administration and faculties of other departments.

We are losing our hope fast and we are not sure if we would be able to complete our Ph.D. from here (NIPER, Hajipur). We are forced to write this with the hope that we can get some help and support from this group as we have exhausted all other channels of negotiation.

PLEASE HELP TO SAVE US FROM THIS MENTAL HARASSMENT WHICH IS BECOMING UNBEARABLE EVERY PASSING DAY.

What is wiped out history of bhutani?

Printed from
THE TIMES OF INDIA

Prince Charles, Kalam, Rao booted out of Niper

TNN | Aug 3, 2017, 12.41 AM IST

Shimona.Kanwar@timesgroup.com

Chandigarh: Call it a 'new' beginning or wiping out the past, the new director of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Niper), Dr Raghuram Rao Akinnepally, has removed all photos of eminent visitors since 2006.

The list includes Prince Charles, Dr A P J Kalam and eminent scientist C N R Rao among others. On July 27, former officiating Niper director Dr K K Bhutani wrote about the removal of the pictures from the institute to the chairman of the board of governors Dr V M Katoch. The letter mentioned: "PM Modi has dedicated a memorial at Rameshwaram in the memory of Prof Abdul Kalam and we are removing a small memorable and proud moment photograph."

When Dr Akinnepally was asked about this, he said, "We have removed it temporarily to renovate the gallery." Niper registrar Wg Cdr P J P Singh Waraich (retd) said, "The photographs were removed for getting the lounge/lobby cleaned and shall be restored at the earliest."

However, sources said the new director wished to wipe out the history of the institute which completed its 25 years of inception last year. "The photographs were a mark of our 25 years of existence to recall the rich history and legacy of this institute of national importance," wrote Dr Bhutani.

Niper is an autonomous body set up under the aegis of the department of pharmaceuticals, ministry of chemicals and fertilizers. The institute was ranked second in pharmaceutical institutes' category by the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2017.

The letter further mentioned mementos, prizes and honours and artefacts received from other institutes and foreign dignitaries have been removed from an almirah in the institute.

Like asking Lallu Yadav to do justice for Chara Ghotala!!

I doubt!! 

The grievances will go to Asst register; who is under Deputy registrar who is under Registrar signatory of the letter; a person who is quo warranto, many cases pending against him in in HC and CBI).

Interesting !!! NIPER Mohali got a Director by court Order...........

S.NO	PETITIONER(S) NAME
1	Dr. Akkinepally Raghuram Rao

S.NO	RESPONDENT(S) NAME
1	Union of India, Department of Pharmaceuticals,
2	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and
3	Dr. Nagarajan Venkataraman
4	Dr. C.L.Kaul
5	Mr. Subburaju,
6	Mr. Aziz Ahmed,
7	Dr. G.N. Quazi,
8	Dr. Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murthy,
9	Dr. Uttam Chand Banerjee,
10	Dr. Ahmed Kamal
11	Dr. Swaranjeet Singh Flora

MAIN PRAYER TEXT

To issue Writ, order, or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the selection of the Respondent No.8 to 11 for the post of Directors NIPER-Hyderabad in \NIPER-Guwahati, NIPER-Hajipur, and NIPER-Raebareli respectively as arbitrary, illegal and further declare that the selection of Respondent No. 8 to 11 by the selection committee is farce, illegal selected due to favoritism and extraneous consideration and hence infringed the fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Article 14, 16 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and further declare that the selection is contrary to the age stipulated as per the policy of NIPER and set aside the selection of Respondent No.8 to 11 and direct the Respondent No.1 and 2 to reconsider the application of the petitioner for appointment as Director of any the Centre of NIPER, in the interest of justice or pass such order or orders as the Honorable Court may deemed fit and proper in the circumstance of the case.