----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 7:32 AM Subject: When RTI (the Right to Information Act) changed the rules of the game
> The Hindu, India > Thursday, November 15, 2007 > > When RTI (the Right to Information Act) changed the rules of the game > > By Staff Reporter > > BANGALORE: It took an application filed by a visually impaired candidate > under the Right to Information Act for the Indian Institute of Management > Bangalore (IIMB) to finally disclose the criteria that they follow for > selection of candidates for their postgraduate programme. > > Vaishnavi Kasturi, a 22-year-old management student, scored a percentile > of 89.29 in the Common Admission Test and was confident of getting > selected by the IIMB, as the cut off for the disabled was a percentile of > 86.42. When she did not get any intimation from the institute, she > approached the authorities and wanted to know why she did not receive an > interview call. > > When the authorities refused to divulge their "trade secret", Ms. Kasturi > filed an application under the RTI Act. > > The Karnataka State Information Commission ruled that since IIMB did not > come under the State's jurisdiction, the issue came under the purview of > the Central Information Commission (CIC). > > The CIC finally directed the institute to disclose the details of > admission process by July 30. Accordingly, the IIMB released their "trade > secret". > > The results of X and XII standard of a candidate accounts for 25 per cent > of the score, while the bachelor's degree accounts for 15 per cent. > Maximum weightage of 35 per cent is given to group discussion, group > discussion summary and personal interview, while the remaining 5 per cent > is for work experience and whether the candidate has taken any other > professional course like accountancy. > > To be called for the interview round, a candidate should be in the top 15 > per cent scorers in each section of the CAT. Candidates belonging to the > Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and disabled applicants need to be > in the top 50 per cent in the logic and quantitative sections and top 45 > per cent in verbal section. > > > http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/16/stories/2007111660140600.htm > BlindNews Mailing List > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe" as subject > > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as subject > > Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archive: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind > > RSS: http://GeoffAndWen.com/BlindNewsRSS.asp > > More information about RSS feeds will be published shortly. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com 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
