Choice of NIT Rourkela Chairman of BOG not appropriate: Pioneer and tathya.in
October 4th, 2007
Following is an excerpt from a report in Pioneer. Tathya.in also has a report on this.
… The NIT’s alumni, who are placed in high and respectable places, have raised serious concern over the nomination of the chairman of its Board of Governors. The names recommended by the authorities for the post do not go well with the alumni, who are concerned about the future of the NIT.
The name of a Congress leader of little standing has been recommended by the Government for the top post, revealed Sandip Das Verma, a leading non-resident Oriya (NRO) and an alumnus of NIT. According to sources, Pramod Pradhan, who belongs to the Congress from Rourkela, has been recommended by the Government for the post of chairman along with two other persons.
The sources said three names such as Drona Rath, CMD of MECON and an alumnus of NIT, BN Singh, Managing Director of Rourkela Steel Plant and Pramod Pradhan have been recommended to the President of India. One these names will be picked up for the post.
In his reaction, Das Verma has raised serious doubts over the Government’s sincerity in raising the status of the NIT by recommending the name of a little-known politician for the top post of the premier institution. The NIT’s Board now has two eminent engineers, who are Padmashree and one of them NR Mohanty could have been recommended for the Chairman’s post, said a leading industrialist.
The immediate past chairman was Dr Banshidhar Panda, a top industrialist of the State. Biju Patnaik was also once the chairman of the NIT Board.
Entry Filed under: NIT, Rourkela
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1. D Pati | November 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
How can a petty politician be allowed to set foot inside the hallowed premises of NIT(REC), Rourkela, let alone being chairman of BOG. For those who are not aware of Orissa’s post independence history let me emphasise the fact that NIT(REC) came into being because of Biju Pattanaik and the current chief minister will insult Biju babu’s memory by not intervening in this matter.