Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Mukul Da,
>And what does he try to teach USA? Hindu Chemistry?
Ain't that something? Anything Indian/of Indian/by Indian is automatically suspect and subject to contempt.
Even if you don't like it, sometimes credit must be given where its due. As for trying to "teach" the USA, most US Universities have Indians as professors. These professors/scientists have paid their dues, are very well educated, competed among the best in the world, and are some of the best the world has to offer. And a number of them happen to be Assamese.
Yes, they are teaching the USA and very well too, and have been teaching American students for many decades now.
As for Mehta's credentials - they seem pretty good. Do you think Universities in the US, Germany, Britain, Japan and elsewhere would have someone teach/lecture without solid credentials? And that too when he is supposed to teach them 'Hindu Chemistry', whatever that means.
Well, here are some professional achievements of Dr. Mehta. They may not be the best and upto some standards, nevertheless are impressive.
--Ram____________________
Research Associate, Michigan State and Ohio State Universities, USA, 1967 - 69.
Lecturer and Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1969 - 77.
Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 1977 - 98, Founder Dean 1977 - 86.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 1994 - 98.
Visiting Professor, Michigan State University, USA, 1982.
Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA, 1990.
Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, India, 1990 -
Visiting Professor, University of Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 1991.
Visiting Professor, Chemical Research Centre, Taiwan, 1994.
Humboldt Forschungspreis Awardee, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1995.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor, Indian National Science Academy, 1992 - 97.
Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, 1998 - 2005.
Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998 - 2005.
Merck Visiting Professor, University of Nottingham, UK, 1998.
Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Superiere de Chimie, Paris, France, 1999.
Humboldt Forschungspreis Awardee, University of Heidelburg, Germany, 2000.
Tarrant Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 2001.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 2002.
Mercator Professor, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany, 2003, 2005.
Honorary Fellow, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, 2005_______________________________________________
On 2/23/06, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> <<< My visa application was cleared in a month only --since school education is a harmless subject - but had I been a sciecne student in say nano technology - my application might have taken about 6 months to clear - if it all.>>>
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> That's elementary-My Dear Watson!
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> What is not elementary is-What does he go to US - Dozens of times- for?
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> And what does he try to teach USA? Hindu Chemistry?
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> And what he comes back and teaches MMS--isn't he billed as top technical adviser to Delhi?
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> To: mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Assam] Washington Post "Indian Scientist Denied Visa " - How dare you!
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:46:00 +0000 (GMT)
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> Mukul-da,
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> Unless you are trying for a non-techical visa to come to USA - your application would take longer to clear. Esp if your field of study happens to be related to security issues - such as defense systems or nuclear technology -- then your visa application would be sent out of India - to USA and would have to cleared by higher , spceialist authorities. Thats the standard procedure. My visa application was cleared in a month only --since school education is a harmless subject - but had I been a sciecne student in say nano technology - my application might have taken about 6 months to clear - if it all.
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> mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> <<<Mehta's case has especially angered Indians because he was a director of the Indian Institute of Science and is a science adviser to India's prime minister. He has visited the United States "dozens of times," he said, and the University of Florida in Gainesville had invited him to lecture at an international conference.
> State Department spokesman Justin Higgins denied yesterday that the United States had rejected Mehta's visa and said the consulate had merely followed standard procedure in dealing with applicants with certain kinds of scientific expertise.>>>
> scientific expertise? What kind?
> Poor chap was only trying to teach USA !
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