Dear Friends, I have seen yesterday an angry, albeit highly misleading mail from one Mr. Balanagendran. D. alleging that "AICB (J.L. Kaul) is doing the exploitation of it's students and staff". The author of this piece is an `I.A.S. aspirant.` I wish him good luck, but want to remind him that one of the important attributes of success in administration is that the officer must check and verify information brought to his notice and not jump to conclusions, which Mr. Balanagendran is unfortunately doing.
So, here are the full and accurate facts of the matter, which Mr. Balanagendran has conveniently chosen to conceal/misrepresent: 1. The concerned individuals whose real names Mr. Balanagendran himself has already revealed instead of keeping these confidential, as claimed--Mr. Anurag, Ms. Shalini and Ms. Esthar--had been selected for jobs in the Railways and Prasar Bharati as per the results declared in March this year. 2. However, two of them remained absent from their I T class and the hostel for a period ranging from 10 to 24 days, without any prior information, let alone permission. The third person also showed unmitigated indifference to training. 3. Therefore, on account of this continued unauthorized absence and indifference, their names were removed from the rolls and in their place, persons on the wait list were admitted, as has been the usual practice in the past as well. 4. After remaining absent for about 24 days from training, Mr. Anurag visited Mr. J.L. Kaul in his office on 10th April 2016 and admitted that he remained absent from 17th March onward. He requested to allow him to continue the training. But S.G. was of the view that Mr. Anurag has already been selected as Programme Executive in Prasar Bharati and his medical examination has also taken place. In addition, 3 new trainees have already been taken on role in I.T. class and therefore there is no possibility to accommodate him. He requested for accommodation upto Wednesday morning which he was allowed. 5. Next day he brought with him many other trainees of the batch protesting against the expulsion of Mr. Anurag and Ms. Shalini. They used extremely rude and indecent language. Mr. Anurag stated that "maine to bare-bare professor hata diye, Kaul kya cheez hai". He also shouted arrogantly. On the request of Mr. Kaul, group led by Mr. Anurag went to their classes. 6. Next day i.e. 12th April, I.T. group except two, led by Mr. Anurag met Mr. Kaul and asked him once again to withdraw his instructions for Mr. Anurag and Ms. Shalini to leave the institution. But he was of the view that Mr. Anurag and Ms. Shalini should themselves request and not the group. Mr. Anurag led the group in the morning and put locks on the two entrances of the Confederation and put chains around the entrances to prevent employees and the public from entering. They kept on raising slogans and using abusive language. 7. It was in this background that the Management was forced to call the police to help in removing this unlawful blockade of the Confederation. Mr. Anurag was also invited for discussion and he was given an opportunity to submit written apology for remaining absent from training without any application and for creating indiscipline by instigating other trainees to join him in conducting unlawful activity. First he agreed but later on he changed his mind and decided to leave the institution. Another girl, Shalini submitted written apology and she was allowed to stay and continue her training. 8. The allegations being made against Mr. Kaul with regard to behaviour with girls, are totally false and mischievous. On the basis of my years of experience of interacting with the Confederation and its staff and trainees, I can vouch for the fact that at no time did Mr. Kaul slap any girl-trainee or cast aspersion on anyone's character. Mr. Kaul has had a spotless record of treating both male and female trainees like his own children for the last so many decades. Such unfounded allegations smack of undue malignancy on the part of the accuser and should even invite defamatory proceedings against him. 9. As regards the employees, Mr. Balanagendran may, please, note that "Hemant Pandey" referred to in his mail, was not a staff of the Confederation. Also, Mr.Gaurav was not forced by anyone to resign as alleged by Mr. Balanagendran. This could be easily verified by perusing his letter of resignation. This is yet another incident of totally unfounded allegations being flung without a semblance of inquiry. So, these are the facts, friends! You are all welcome to ask for any further information by just writing to the Confederation. My advice to you, Mr. Balanagendran is once again to please get your facts right. Merely calling names like `stupid AICB hostel` helps nobody's cause and only betrays your ignorance and malevolence. Arun Sharma In-charge, I.T. Training Programme, AICB -- With Regards Arun Sharma 7838101125 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
