absolutely all the politicians are afraid of taking on the brahminical structure of IITs... one needs to constantly monitor and alert these half baked ministers who do not wanna open their mouth in front of IIT directors as if these brahmincal people are born from some other part of the body.. (sorry)
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM, venukm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Clear the confusion, please by taking positive action! > The response from Mr.Kapil Sibbal to Mr Surendra Prasad, Director, > IIT,Delhi seems to be far from ending the controversy. > "Sir, we are a little bit confused on faculty reservation. There is > mental strain among > us about it. We are confused."- (Director,IIT, Delhi) > > "Faculty reservation in IITs is a fact. Any attempt to exempt (it) is > infructuous," - (Sibal told all the 12 IITs in a programme at IIT > Delhi.) > > If the Minister really means business, he should take action against > people misusing their offices sitting in high positions and causing/ > attempting to cause infraction of the existing law. That alone will > help allay the fears of aspirants (of faculty posts) belonging to the > reserved categories. > > Regards, > Venu. > > n 2 July, 08:40, Ranjit Ranjit <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apparantly, Kapil Sibbal has corrected his stand on this issue, thanks to > > those who initiated writing letters to President, Prime Minister and > other > > members of the Parliament about his earlier statements. Also, look at the > > stubbornness of IIT Director, he would be on top of the merit-list of men > to > > be hanged ;-) > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=In... > > > > Reservation in IITs is a fact: Kapil Sibal > > New Delhi, July 01, 2009 > > Clearing all speculation on faculty reservation in Indian institutes of > > technology (IITs), Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal > > Wednesday said quota in faculty recruitment at the IITs was a fact and > these > > institutions "have to work with it". > > > > "Faculty reservation in IITs is a fact. Any attempt to exempt (it) is > > infructuous," Sibal told all the 12 IITs in a programme at IIT Delhi. > > > > The comment came after IIT Delhi director Surendra Prasad said: "Sir, we > are > > a little bit confused on faculty reservation. There is mental strain > among > > us about it. We are confused." > > > > In response to the statement, Sibal made his stand clear and went on to > add > > that "as we move bottom upward, the problem will be solved. You have to > work > > with it." > > > > The HRD ministry last year had advocated implementation of 15 percent > quota > > for Scheduled Castes, 7.5 per cent for Scheduled Tribes and 27 per cent > for > > Other Backward Castes in the faculty recruitments. However, all IITs > across > > the country have opposed it. > > > > Sibal said that IITs might be confused about the issue but not the > > government. "We are not confused. The issue must be handled with > sensitivity > > and care." > > > > "No institution can live in isolation. It has to take everyone along." > > > > Though majority of the IITs expressed their displeasure over the > > development, many refused to give an official comment. But IIT Madras > > director M S Ananth told IANS: "We are going to debate the issue." > > > > -- > > Ranjit > > > -- " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings." - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
