Misleading emails of Dr Rekha Jain

Members of 2 mailing lists are confused by purported emails sent by "Dr. Rekha Jain" to different lists. In one email she says she has not posted to the GNB and demands an investigation into the matter. In another email (sent to "IIM Ahmedabad" google group ???) Dr. Jain asks to be taken off ALL mailing lists. This email was in reply to an email posted exclusively to the" IIM Ahmedabad" google group.

Since most subscribers have seen 1 email but not the other, we are reproducing below the text of both emails so everybody can compare them and see how honest Dr. Rekha Jain is with the truth, especially since neither of these emails was posted to IIMA's General Notice Board as she claims.

EMAIL #2
From: Prof. Rekha Jain <rekha@iimahd.ernet.in>
Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Subject: [Gen NB] Postings
To: General Notice Board <gnb@iimahd.ernet.in>

This is to clarify that I have not posted the message on gnb under the
subject
[Gen NB] Re: Where is Prof. Prathap Oburai ?
that is purported to be posted by me. I am sure that there will be an
investigation into this.

Thanks

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Dr Rekha Jain
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Executive Chair, IIMA-IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence
Professor, Computers and Information Systems Group
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Gujarat, India 380015
Ph (M) +919825325750, (O):91(0)7966324822
www.iitcoe.in
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EMAIL #1
From: Dr Rekha Jain <rekha@iimahd.ernet.in>
Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:44 PM
Subject: [Gen NB] [Gen NB] Re: Where is Prof. Prathap Oburai ?
To: gnb@iimahd.ernet.in

Please remove me from ALL mailing lists with immediate effect.

Thanks

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Dr Rekha Jain
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Executive Chair, IIMA-IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence
Professor, Computers and Information Systems Group
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Gujarat, India 380015
Ph (M) +919825325750, (O):91(0)7966324822
www.iitcoe.in
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-12/ahmedabad/33166920_1_iim-devprayag-sexual-harassment-complaint

The above is the insider article in Times of India of 12 August 2012
actually about Prof Parthap Oburai.

Background:
"In the year circa 2009 one of the IIM-Ahd professors Subhasini Kaul had
brought plagiarism charges supposedly against Prof. Piyush Sinha which got
pushed under the carpet threatening Subhasini ... later she reported
charges of sexual harassment against her, the committee of rekha jain
taking verbal instructions from sameer barua had told her that it was her
fault that she couldn't manage herself ... subhasini has now become a
sadhvi ... search subhasini kaul in google and you will find a news
article of 12 aug 2012. The faculty member Kaul accused in her complaint
had vanished under mysterious circumstances from Devprayag in Uttarakhand
last year and is still missing."

As per the IIM-Ahd insiders, Kaul allegedly brought plagiarism charges
against an IIM-Ahd proff (supposedly Prof Piyush Sinha), which was hushed
up, and thereafter sexual harassment charges (supposedly against Prof
Prathap Oburai) which was also hushed up by Rekha Rani.

Kaul has met Anna Hazare recently with all documents and Annaji's group is
taking active interest in IIM-Ahd affairs. Already a RTI petition has been
filed on instructions of Annaji by well known RTI activist Ambrish Pandey
of Gorakhpur Jan Tantra Morcha asking details of enquiry report (hushed up
by Samir Barua) on plagiarism complaints against Rekha Rani, which
plagiarism were so  blatant that she even stole from judgments of Supreme
Court and High Court without proper attribution. IIM-Ahd Deans accused for
plagiarism are Ajay Pandey, G Raghuram etc. who along with Prof. Sebastian
Morris had offered to step down from their posts until they were publicly
cleared of the charges against them.

It is hoped that by Annaji's personal help Transparency will finally be
ushered in IIM-Ahd and gangs of plagiarists will be exposed and expelled.

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:56 AM, IIM Prof <iimprof@spam4.me> wrote:

> news tracker: Where is the world is IIM Ahmedabad Prof. Prathap Oburai ?
>
> 2 years ago Tehri Garhwal SP, Rajeev Swaroop said "If the professor had
> drowned in the river, his body should have been found by now. Though we are
> not jumping to any conclusion, we are not eliminating the possibility of
> the professor being alive"
>
> After Oburai went missing during a pilgrimage, Tehri Garhwal police had
> launched a massive search operation in the Ganga and had released his
> pictures in neighboring districts. Search operations were carried out at
> important travel hubs, like bus and railway stations as well, and a special
> investigation team had also visited the IIM-A campus.
>
> At the time Dean (faculty) at IIM-A, professor Ajay Pandey had said that
> since the institute knows professor Oburai is missing, it was offsetting
> his absence under the cumulative leaves available to him.
>
> The latest annual report of the IIM Ahmedabad is expected to clarify the
> uncertainty over Oburai's status and if his long leave is connected to
> Institute's affairs.

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[Gen NB] Re: Where is Prof. Prathap Oburai ?

Please remove me from ALL mailing lists with immediate effect.

Thanks

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Dr Rekha Jain
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Executive Chair, IIMA-IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence
Professor, Computers and Information Systems Group
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Gujarat, India 380015
Ph (M) +919825325750, (O):91(0)7966324822
www.iitcoe.in
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-12/ahmedabad/33166920_1_iim-devprayag-sexual-harassment-complaint

The above is the insider article in Times of India of 12 August 2012 actually about Prof Parthap Oburai.

Background:
"In the year circa 2009 one of the IIM-Ahd professors Subhasini Kaul had brought plagiarism charges supposedly against Prof. Piyush Sinha which got pushed under the carpet threatening Subhasini ... later she reported charges of sexual harassment against her, the committee of rekha jain taking verbal instructions from sameer barua had told her that it was her fault that she couldn't manage herself ... subhasini has now become a sadhvi ... search subhasini kaul in google and you will find a news article of 12 aug 2012. The faculty member Kaul accused in her complaint had vanished under mysterious circumstances from Devprayag in Uttarakhand last year and is still missing."

As per the IIM-Ahd insiders, Kaul allegedly brought plagiarism charges against an IIM-Ahd proff (supposedly Prof Piyush Sinha), which was hushed up, and thereafter sexual harassment charges (supposedly against Prof Prathap Oburai) which was also hushed up by Rekha Rani.

Kaul has met Anna Hazare recently with all documents and Annaji's group is taking active interest in IIM-Ahd affairs. Already a RTI petition has been filed on instructions of Annaji by well known RTI activist Ambrish Pandey of Gorakhpur Jan Tantra Morcha asking details of enquiry report (hushed up by Samir Barua) on plagiarism complaints against Rekha Rani, which plagiarism were so  blatant that she even stole from judgments of Supreme Court and High Court without proper attribution. IIM-Ahd Deans accused for plagiarism are Ajay Pandey, G Raghuram etc. who along with Prof. Sebastian Morris had offered to step down from their posts until they were publicly cleared of the charges against them.

It is hoped that by Annaji's personal help Transparency will finally be ushered in IIM-Ahd and gangs of plagiarists will be exposed and expelled.

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:56 AM, IIM Prof <iimprof@spam4.me> wrote:

> news tracker: Where is the world is IIM Ahmedabad Prof. Prathap Oburai ?
>
> 2 years ago Tehri Garhwal SP, Rajeev Swaroop said "If the professor had
> drowned in the river, his body should have been found by now. Though we are
> not jumping to any conclusion, we are not eliminating the possibility of
> the professor being alive"
>
> After Oburai went missing during a pilgrimage, Tehri Garhwal police had
> launched a massive search operation in the Ganga and had released his
> pictures in neighboring districts. Search operations were carried out at
> important travel hubs, like bus and railway stations as well, and a special
> investigation team had also visited the IIM-A campus.
>
> At the time Dean (faculty) at IIM-A, professor Ajay Pandey had said that
> since the institute knows professor Oburai is missing, it was offsetting
> his absence under the cumulative leaves available to him.
>
> The latest annual report of the IIM Ahmedabad is expected to clarify the
> uncertainty over Oburai's status and if his long leave is connected to
> Institute's affairs.

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40% marks to Prof. Anil Gupta for transparency at NIF

The ERNET family lauds Prof. Anil Gupta for taking some swift corrective actions to address concerns highlighted pertaining to suo-moto RTI disclosure at the NIF (National Innovation Foundation).

ERNET is gratified to announce that Prof. Gupta has now passed the transparency test with 40% marks for NIF's uploads/links as under:-

1. Particulars of its organization, functions and duties, Administrative Setup, Organizational and Functional Structure [1], [2], [3],[4],[5]
2. Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions [1], [2]
3. Norms set by it for the discharge of its functions

   	The NIF follows the rules/guidelines as approved by the Governing Board in consultation with DST. [EVASIVE]

4. Manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes [PENDING]
   
5. Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it. [PENDING].
   

Lancet adds 19 authors after plagiarism and data theft complaint

Top AIDS expert hit with charge of plagiarism

"He neither gave credit to the researchers who toiled on the study nor followed the rules and procedures for publishing academic papers," the center said.

Researcher published article using others' data without their permission China's leading AIDS scientist has come under fire for gross ethical misconduct after colleagues complained he used their unpublished data in an academic article without permission.

Shao Yiming's piece, Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Transmission in Serodiscordant Couples in China, was published on The Lancet medical journal's website on Dec 1.

However, when it appeared in print on Oct 5, it had an additional 19 authors.

The National Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention, where Shao is director of virology and immunology, confirmed in a statement this week that the first article had failed to credit the people who indeed designed the study and collected the source data.

Shao is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top political advisory body.

The Lancet noted the corrections, adding that author affiliations, correspondence details, contributors' statements and acknowledgments had also been updated.

Shao, the corresponding author, had accessed data on the AIDS epidemic surveillance system that was held at the center and published the analysis without approval, the center said on Tuesday.

"He neither gave credit to the researchers who toiled on the study nor followed the rules and procedures for publishing academic papers," the center said.

"As the main party responsible for the controversy, Shao should be criticized and a solution based on mutual compromise and communication has been made," it added, primarily referring to the updated list of authors.

Among the names added was Liu Zhongfu, the center's deputy director. He said people in the epidemic prevention and treatment divisions mainly did the research, carried out at sites around the country.

"Shao seldom presides or takes part in that part of the work," he said. "He and his team mainly do data analysis."

Liu blamed a lack of internal communication for the controversy.

In a phone interview from the United States in mid-October, Shao said that as the national center's chief AIDS scientist his work covers most areas.

Shao also branded the report "old news", and although he conceded names had been added to the print version, he said: "It makes little sense to focus on this point."

Discontent remains

Although the center said the aggrieved researchers had accepted a solution after a heated discussion, not everyone was happy.

Sun Jiangping, another deputy director of the center, and Zhao Yan, a senior specialist in AIDS treatment and care, expressed their dissatisfaction.

"I was astonished at The Lancet's handling of the issue," Zhao said, adding the journal had simply republished the piece without questioning its quality and accuracy.

"In truth, I don't want my name on the article, it lacks respect and is not scientifically correct," she said, explaining that to ensure accuracy data analysis should be done by the people who participate in the study.

Shao's background is mainly in HIV and AIDS vaccine development, she added.

Since the controversy, the National Center for AIDS and STD Control and Prevention has invited Qiu Renzong, a leading bio-ethicist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, to give its staff members a lecture on ethics.

Qiu described what Shao did as plagiarism and said, "If this happened in the US, this would be a scandal, as he used other people's findings without their consent."

Qiu criticized what he called the handling of the case, and urged the center to improve its data management.
"The price for the offense was too small to deter potential offenders," he said.

Jia Zhongwei, who appeared as a first author on both versions of the article, said she was invited by Shao to analyze the source data.

However, she works at Peking University's National Institute of Drug Dependence rather than the center.

She declined to answer whether she took part in the data collection, only saying that it was from a database owned by China. "Why can't we use that for scientific research?" she added.

The Lancet article was based on a study of serodiscordant couples — of opposite sex with one HIV-positive and the other uninfected — which had been added to the national epidemiology and treatment database between 2003 and 2011.

"Our research team analyzed information of more than 38,000 couples and some of them were followed for up to nine years," Shao was quoted as saying by Health News, a newspaper affiliated with the National Health and Family Planning Commission, in December.

The study found early anti-retroviral therapy could lower HIV transmission rates by 26 percent, the paper reported.

Journalist Zheng Lingqiao, who wrote the story, said Shao, an old acquaintance, had informed her The Lancet had published his study online.

"He's such a famous scientist, and a top political adviser. I never doubted the credibility," she said. However, other studies have come up with different results for antiretroviral therapy than reported in Shao's article.

In August 2011, a global study published by the New England Journal of Medicine said early antiretroviral therapy can reduce rates of sexual transmission of HIV among serodiscordant couples by 96 percent.

Similar studies by researchers from the China center indicated rates of 64 and 67 percent

Nanjing professor withdraws from fellowship race to investigate rival for academic fraud

To: SSV(mini), ERNET, ILG lists
Its again time for Indianewsco's 2013 annual series of similar specials on "academic misconduct" and "academic fraud". Public minded moles shall be suitably rewarded as always.

Ramani

http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1337836/nanjing-professor-withdraws-fellowship-race-investigate-rival

Eminent physics professor Wang Mu to investigate colleague Wen Hai Hu

A prominent physics professor at Nanjing University, Wang Mu, 51, announced on his blog on Monday his intention to withdraw from this year's selection race for new members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a title only given to leading scientists and academic authorities in China.

His decision has shocked many in Chinese academic circles. To many, the reason behind it is even more shocking. Wang has withdrawn from the race so he can investigate another candidate, his colleague, 49-year-old physics professor Wen Hai Hu, for alleged academic fraud.

On September 15, Wang informed the Division of Mathematics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that in May Wen had published a fraudulent research paper in Nature Communications, a journal focusing on advancements in the field of physical, biological and chemical science.

According to Wang, three co-authors of the published paper didn't participate in any of the experiments or analysis mentioned in it, and they had never seen the article before it was published. Wang said that in July this year the editorial department of Nature Communications had received a request from the three co-authors to remove their names from the paper.
...
Earlier on Tuesday, Wen responded to the accusation in a blog post claiming that he was strongly against academic fraud as well as falsification of evidence. He also said that he "detests those who exaggerate non principle problems to achieve their own goals."

Wen declined to discuss the matter with the South China Morning Post saying, "I think this scientific question should wait for the academic board to judge."

While many were disappointed by Wang's decision, some questioned his motive, which provoked further discussion on whether the CAS member system should be abolished.
...
"As far as I know, it is a close race between them. To Wang, Wen has become an obstacle on his path to promotion. The fact that Wang bypassed the university and reported to CAS directly has killed Wen's hopes of becoming a member of CAS. The last thing CAS wants is to see a dirty fight," a commenter posted on sciencenet.cn.

On October 13, the Ministry of Education of China ordered Nanjing University to investigate the scandal. And the Chinese Academy of Sciences also formed a team to conduct an independent investigation.

JAN TANTRA MORCHA volunteers demand TRANSPARENCY in IIMA

1) Jan Tantra Mocha denounces fake degree mills.
2) Jan Tantra Morcha opposes fake transparency
3) Jan Tantra Morcha vows to expose plagiarists

??? What is INDIA coming to ???

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Several JTM  / BVGA / IAC volunteers are pledged to file RTIs to demand the basic suo-moto RTI disclosure at IIMA which is being evaded to cover up massive scandals.

Here is the text of a sample application as drafted by an outstanding RTI activist of India "Ambreesh" and the JTM Gorakhpur team.

BY SPEEDPOST

MOST URGENT RTI  MATTER

Sir,

Subject: EXTRAORDINARY Application for information under RTI-ACT 2005 concerning IIM Ahmedabad filed in larger public interest of students and public at large pursuant to observations at para 35 and elsewhere in judgment dt 01.11.2012 of Hon'ble Supreme Court in CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7749 OF 2012 titled as "NCTE & Anr. versus Public Education Society & Ors.".

I would like to get information & relevant authentic documents in LARGER PUBLIC INTEREST from the original records of your Ministry/Department under Right to Information Act 2005 as I specify below, against payment of prescribed copying fees.

NB: I am seeking documents / records from your Ministry/Dept for verification as I have overwhelming evidence that the corresponding IIM-Ahmedabad ("IIM-A") records have been tampered or fabricated (over time), and hence the IIM-A has failed to upload these to IIM-A website as part of its section 4 RTI disclosure. Additionally, if any particular information is confirmed as not being in your records kindly transfer the same query to the concerned public authority which holds it or can access it.

1) Authenticated copy of IIM-A's Memorandum of Association (MoA) along with text of all amendments / modifications to said MoA(s) made from time to time.

2). Prior approvals, if any, from (a) State Government, and/or (b) Central Government for amendments/modifications to MoA(s) made from time to time. 
 
3). Authenticated copy of Each and every "Rule" of IIM-A along with all amendments / modifications to such Rule(s) made from time to time.

4). Prior approvals, if any, from (a) State Government and/or (b) Central Government for amendments/modifications to such Rule(s) made from time to time.

5) Authenticated copy of each and every "Regulation" of IIM-A along with all amendments / modifications to such Regulation made from time to time. 
 
6) Prior approvals, if any, from (a) State Government and/or (b) Central Government for amendments/modifications to Regulation(s) made from time to time.

7) Authenticated copy of each and every "Bye-Law" of IIM-A along with all amendments / modifications to such Bye-Law(s) made from time to time. 
 
8) Prior approvals, if any, from (a) State Government and/or (b) Central Government for amendments/modifications to Bye-Laws made from time to time.

9) Details of all affiliations, recognitions, registrations, approvals etc. of the IIM-A with any University in India, as exists on your records, with true copies if available.

10) True copy of recognition(s), approval(s) etc. for IIM-A's various PGP diplomas and certificates by the Competent Authority(s) or issued by your Ministry /Dept.

11) True copy of recognition, approval etc. for IIM-A's various Fellowship program diplomas and certificates by the Competent Authority(s) or issued by your Ministry /Dept.

12) True copies of information which is on record as "Basis" for numerous claims made on IIM-A's website that IIM-A conducts "MBA" and "doctoral" programs.

13)  True copy of all "equivalence" recognitions of IIM-A's diplomas, awards and fellowships to "degree" and "doctorates/Ph.D" for academic purposes.

14) Authenticated information, if the present IIM-A Director Prof. Ashish Nanda is a US national, or not, and if so the approvals of PMO, ACC etc.

15) True copy of IIM-A's current "Human Resources Policy Manual for Faculty", and "Handbook for Academic matters" or suchlike, along with all its approvals and date of coming into operation.

16) True copy of IIM-A's current "Human Resources Policy Manual Staff" or suchlike, along with all its approvals and date of coming into operation.

17) Copy of Shunglu Committee report (with annexures) of 2004 on IIMs.

18) True Copy of enquiry report(s) and their annexures, if any, in matter of "serious allegations of academic plagiarism" or suchlike in the year 2012 against following faculty of IIM-A, Dr.Ajay Pandey, Dr.Sebastian Morris, Dr.G Raghuram, Dr.Rekha Jain which was widely publicised in many reputed newspapers and websites but before they were elevated as Deans and Member of IIM-A Board of Governors.

19) Authenticated copy of all approvals, resolutions, minutes of meeting, delegations of powers etc. to enable Prof Ajay Pandey to simultaneously officiate / act as Director, Dean (Faculty), Dean (Academic affairs), Dean (Administration) etc of IIM-A with effect 1st.April.2013 or thereabouts.

Please find postal order of Rs.10/ (ten) number 17 F 768783 dated 27/09/13 enclosed towards fee for this application.

Please note:

I shall pay such additional prescribed fees as is demanded by the CPIO towards cost of information provided the CPIO provides the item-wise computation detailing the further fees. If any information exists in digitally signed electronic form, kindly indicate the same so I may choose to additionally access it in that form also.

Re: [Gen NB] Re: [Gen NB] Hony doctorate for IIM-A's Prof Anil Kr. Gupta (National Innovation Foundation)

Dear Dr. Gupta,

A few points emerge from your email.

(We have explained how to leave the list)

1) As a "rainmaker" for the Institute you (for the moment) enjoy the luxury of being able to say whatever you wish on the iima lists under your own name. The remaining 99% unfortunately do not enjoy the same privileges [1],  [2], [3]

2) Your commitment to free speech and expression is well demonstrated by the complete disregard for its underpinning "Right to Information" at the National Innovation Foundation. The professed expression for Free Speech and Transparency at NIF is belied by the fact that for 8 years now even the NIFs basic suo-moto/proactive disclosure has not been uploaded/linked. [4]

3) It is specious to classify research infringements as simply being either "innocent" or "intentional". If  infringment regularly occurs in a premier institute such as the IIM-A it exposes the utter indiscipline, cronyism and lack of scientific protocols/safeguards within IIMA. As we all know, plagiarism incidents which occasionally seep into public domain are only the tip of the iceberg. In fact an excellent case could be made out for "paid research" emanating from IIMA under compulsions of sponsorship to fix corporate rivals and influence government policies.

4) Is it not curious that this 52 year old Institute still lacks, as per you,  an independent ombudsman for "whistleblowers" etc ? BTW, what have you done about this on the official iima lists you repose your faith in ?

5) Is it not equally curious that even after more than a year the IIMA cannot publicly declare the "innocence" or "intentions" insofar as 5 of its top professors publicly accused of "serious plagiarism" in the media is concerned.  Come come Sir, we all know which of those 5 is "not innocent", and Prof Morris would be doing himself and IIMA a public service by releasing the report copy which was communicated to him by Dir. Barua (or must ER-NET also do this for him ?) now that the Chairman BoG has gotten Prof. Nanda installed as Director.

6) To clarify our mailing list policies

i) This is not a FREE-SPEECH or "free for all" list. It is an unofficial, public and  moderated list to exchange communications pertaining to a) Ethical Research and
b) Ancillary issues at the IIM Ahmedabad
by interested iima stakeholders (faculty, staff, researchers, officers, alumni, students, trustees, public servants, affected outsiders etc.).

ii) "Anonymity" is tolerated but not encouraged once the "boot-strapping" process is completed and the list membership is sufficiently heterogeneous and independent.

On 10/20/13, Anilg <anilg@iimahd.ernet.in> wrote:
> I understand your spirit now. I admire courage and acts pursued with
> conviction. How nice would it have been to name this list as free speech
> google group rather than iimahd google group. Then a problem of passing off
> could have been avoided. It is obvious that free speech is a privilege which
> must not violate the similar privilege of others and cause no hurt or Ill
> will to others. Pl let me understand how using iimahd as the name of list
> advances these principles. If idea is to be a whistleblower, which I again
> support and admire and have had discussion on in my classes, then the iima
> may consider a platform at which people can send their complaints or
> disclosures to ombudsmen
> You may also read about the concept if intentional infringement vis a vis
> innocent infringement.
> We should have no tolerance for former but take a different view about the
> latter. I put all my papers in copyright free environment, not even in
> Creative Commons and thus my views are different from the rest. But you may
> have points and pl pursue with them with gusto
> Just change the name of the list to "freespeech@gmail or whatever you think
> proper
> I don't encourage plagiarism nor wish to tolerate that in my professional
> roles. I believe that three or more than three consecutive words Taken from
> any source without quotation marks constitutes a hazardous situation
>
> But I can pursue that discussion on any public list I wish so long as I
> don't misrepresent the identities of stakeholders. I have to take your word
> for it without having any way to confirm.
> Since I don't wish to legitimise a list which misinterprets or may
> misinterpret my intentions, I unsubscribe now
> It policy of Iima allows freedom of views but not abuse. I still believe
> that I can say whatever I wish at legitimate iima list and will henceforth
> react only on that list
> I don't want to mask my views under so called stakeholders because I have
> the courage to bear consequences of my view as I have often done in past.
> Pl don't  add my email address to this  list again without my written
> consent
> Thanks

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IIMA: The Sebastian Morris plagiarism complaints(s)

As the Ethical Researchers Network India investigation has discovered,  in 2012  Prof. Sebastian Morris apparently misled the preliminary enquiry committee set up by then IIMA Director Prof. Samir Barua.

The device used by Prof. Morris for this was to use an academically discredited freeware anti-plagiarism comparison software known as VIPER to generate "proof" that no plagiarism was committed by him. [http://ernet-iima.rhcloud.com/faculty-and-research/email-iim-prof-sebastian-morris-plagiarism-charges]. The Complainant had claimed
"serious instances of plagiarism"

"It is really a shame to see this mass copy-pasting from some of these senior faculties of IIM, Ahmedabad. The authors in these cases seem to have deliberately avoided mentioning any reference to the sources and provide credit to the original sources and authors."

This device was also despite the other complainant  claiming that she had detected the  "word for word copying" using TURNITIN (a professional paid anti-plagiarism detection software). [http://ernet-iima.rhcloud.com/faculty-and-research/more-cases-plagiarism-iima-publications-attr-vaibhavi-sutar], [http://ernet-iima.rhcloud.com/faculty-and-research/email-iim-prof-sebastian-morris-plagiarism-charges]

For some strange reason the IIMA is yet to publish the report of its plagiarism enquiry committee despite the public call of 3 (out of 5) of the top professors accused, including Prof Morris, to do so (as expressed by Prof. Morris) " ... We would go by the findings of the committee and would urge that the committee should reveal its findings publicly. ..."

A review (one of many similar) on the poor performance of VIPER can be accessed here [http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/04/29/review-viper-anti-plagiarism-scanner/]

"Unfortunately, the results were less than spectacular and, truth be told the application fell almost completely flat. The only question is whether the problems were glitches caused by a temporary problems or something more chronic with the program. ... the problem is that it doesn't seem to do the job it set out to."

In the public interest, and to uphold all conventional standards of academic integrity and ethical research, it would be apt if IIMA voluntarily discloses its enquiry committee report as the accused senior faculty themselves wanted. In fact the reports ought to have been published a long time back in the larger public interest.

http://ernet-iima.rhcloud.com/forum/1

Re: [Gen NB] Hony doctorate for IIM-A's Prof Anil Kr. Gupta (National Innovation Foundation)

Dear Dr Gupta

As the ERNET's website (ernet-iima.rhcloud.com) says "the right to free speech includes the right to anonymous free speech".  See also [1]

The medium is not the message. The honeybee is neither the nectar nor the flower.  "I" am only the humble bumblebee who fertilises a rose today and the sunflower tomorrow.

Incidentally, this people's platform was founded by like minded stakeholders in IIMA after the IIMA finally enunciated it's "free speech" policy after a series of high profile cyber crimes (and connected plagiarism scandals) which plagued IIM-A got reported.

These fundamental policies (ie. "IT Policy for IIM-A")  were summarised on 30.09.2013 by Cdr. (Retd) Manoj Bhatt (Chief Administrative Officer / Secretary of IIM-A Board of Governors) on behalf of the Institute as follows:-

The Institute promotes research by students in varieties of fields. The Institute upholds freedom of speech and opinions. The mere fact that online facility allows editing means there is a purpose behind it, that is people can have divergent views and can express it. The online platform entries are based on publicly available and accessible information as a mere attempt to compile existing information in the public domain without bias. Thus in the IIM-A's opinion we do not find any wrong doing is being done.

The copy of the document can be accessed from CAO to get all answers to your query (and it can be placed in public domain if CAO denies it).

On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Anilg@iimahd.ernet.n <anilg@iimahd.ernet.in> wrote:

I still did not get answer to my question about yourself, unless you think revealing your identity violates some ethical code 

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On 20-Oct-2013, at 3:30, iimahd ernet <iimahd.ernet@gmail.com> wrote:

Oh, for 1 moment there we were taken aback that the report was incorrect. So thanks for the confirmation that its not.

Apropos, as who is running that mailing list, it is ultimately a people's mailing list of all persons connected as stakeholders to either a) IIM-A or b) Quality research with ethics and integrity.

The group is a subset of much larger academic network lists we run. Of course, at present we began with those few "@iimahd.ernet.in" emails IDs we had. We're now adding / inviting in some of the eminent registered ethical researchers in India (about 640 names) from our database. We estimate the list will probably have about 3,700 subscriber when we launch formally in about 9 days from now..

Membership of the list is open to a) anyone to applies or b) is invited or c) is from an existing list.

As its a people's community based mailing list - the list owners shall initially give out list "moderator"/"manager"ships to the first 25 suitable persons who apply and to as many as can be accommodated thereafter. In case you wish it, we would be honored if you could spare some time for such "community service".

On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Anilg@iimahd.ernet.n <anilg@iimahd.ernet.in> wrote:

I asked about yourself and of course the information is accurate 

So your comment was intriguing 

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Re: [Gen NB] Hony doctorate for IIM-A's Prof Anil Kr. Gupta (National Innovation Foundation)

Dear Dr. Gupta

The Harvard (SA.Institute) article is in their 22/23rd Oct issue. Perhaps there is still time for you to contact them to retract it.

Also kindly find attachments of 2 pics of your trip to the Peru Institute.

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On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Anilg@iimahd.ernet.n <anilg@iimahd.ernet.in> wrote:

Who has posted this please? 

I have no clue and will be interested in knowing more 

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On 20-Oct-2013, at 0:13, IIMA <iimahd.ernet@gmail.com> wrote:

Professor Anil Gupta, founder of the Honey Bee Network, was conferred Doctorate, Honoris Causa by Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru, on October 17, 2013.

Previously,  Prof. Gupta was conferred the Humanistic Management Lifetime Achievement Award by the Humanistic Management Network, St. Gallen, Switzerland at the 73rd Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA on August 12, 2013; Doctor of Letters from Central University of Orissa on July 29, 2012; and the Hermes Award by the European Institute for Creative Strategies and Innovation, Paris in May 2012. A member of many government and corporate bodies, Prof. Gupta is also a widely published author.

Source: http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/india-changing-searching-and-supporting-innovation-insurgents/

Hony doctorate for IIM-A's Prof Anil Kr. Gupta (National Innovation Foundation)

Professor Anil Gupta, founder of the Honey Bee Network, was conferred Doctorate, Honoris Causa by Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru, on October 17, 2013.

Previously,  Prof. Gupta was conferred the Humanistic Management Lifetime Achievement Award by the Humanistic Management Network, St. Gallen, Switzerland at the 73rd Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, USA on August 12, 2013; Doctor of Letters from Central University of Orissa on July 29, 2012; and the Hermes Award by the European Institute for Creative Strategies and Innovation, Paris in May 2012. A member of many government and corporate bodies, Prof. Gupta is also a widely published author.

Source: http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/india-changing-searching-and-supporting-innovation-insurgents/

IIMAHD-Ethical Research Network ("IIMAHD-ERNET.IN") recalls Prof Gupta's unstinting support to stamp out the plagiarism epidemic in IIMA and the immortal words in his Wall Street Journal interview of Sept. 24, 2009.

"...  but I was an intellectual and I was exploiting the ideas market.
...
WSJ: Are you saying that in social science research, credit is not given where it is due?

AKG: Yes ! Fellow scientists must of course be credited, but this is only for the formal sector. For the informal sector there is no such requirement. On the contrary, all informal sources dialogues must be kept anonymous! Research councils and academic institutions have not yet begun to share their findings with people in languages they understand. Which means 99.9% of the research is never shared back with the people from whom it is collected.

WSJ: It sounds like plagiarism of the highest order…

AKG: It is, and the tragedy is that this continues. The basic ethics of the knowledge economy is that you learnt something from somewhere, you did not get it from the air."

Source: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB125376926792036847

Concerns about plagiarism

Adapted from
J Med Phys. 2007 Oct-Dec; 32(4): 143–144.
doi:  10.4103/0971-6203.37477
PMCID: PMC3014097
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014097/

A concern about plagiarism
William R. Hendee
Author information ► Copyright and License information ▼
Copyright © Journal of Medical Physics
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

An allegation of plagiarism is a serious accusation and should never be taken lightly. On the other hand, self-policing is a major strength of the scientific community, and plagiarism should always be reported when it is suspected to have occurred

Plagiarism (from the Latin "plagiare", meaning "to kidnap") is defined as "the appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas and thoughts of another author and representation of them as one's original work" (The Random House Dictionary of the English Language - unabridged).

Plagiarism is a serious breach of research ethics that, if committed intentionally, is considered research misconduct. Plagiarism may result in serious sanctions, including public disclosure, loss of research funding, loss of professional stature and termination of employment.

Plagiarism undermines the authenticity of research manuscripts and the journals in which they are published and compromises the integrity of the scientific process and the public regard for science. Plagiarism violates the literary rights of individuals who are plagiarized and the property rights of copyright holders. Violation of literary or property rights' may result in legal action against the individual(s) committing plagiarism.

Although plagiarism has existed since the beginning of science, it seems to be increasing because the World Wide Web (Internet) facilitates finding and copying the work of others.

...

When there is a possibility of plagiarism (often through an allegation of plagiarism by the original author, a reviewer or an interested third party), the journal's editor should act quickly. The editor should examine the original material and the publication alleged to constitute plagiarism. If the editor concludes that no plagiarism has occurred, the accuser should be notified, and no further action is necessary. If the evidence suggests that plagiarism may have occurred, the editor should contact the accused author(s), the author(s) whose work may have been plagiarized and the copyright holder of the original material if different from the author(s). The correspondence should include the alleged plagiarizing language and a copy of the original and suspected work. If all parties agree that plagiarism (whether intentional or unintentional) has occurred, a written letter of apology should be sent promptly by the offending author(s) to the editor and to the author(s) and copyright holder whose work has been plagiarized. If the offending work has been published, a notice of plagiarism, citing both the plagiarized and the offending articles and containing the exact text that has been plagiarized, should be published in the next available article of the journal in which the offending article was published. The plagiarizing authors must agree that all dissemination of the offending article will to be accompanied by the notice of plagiarism

If the accused author(s) deny that plagiarism has occurred, the editor must explore the accusation further, preferably through a mechanism already established by the journal to investigate allegations of scientific misconduct. All parties to the allegation should be encouraged to submit corroborating evidence, and the accused author(s) should be granted an opportunity (at no expense to the journal) to testify in person in defense against the allegation. The investigation should be concluded within a reasonable period of time (e.g. 3 months)

If the mechanism to investigate the allegation of plagiarism concludes in support of the allegation, then the process for the case in which plagiarism is admitted should be instituted. Further, the editor must decide whether the plagiarism should be reported to the guilty parties' supervisor, employer and/or professional organization. If the mechanism rules against the accusation of plagiarism, a letter stating this ruling should be provided to the accuser, the author(s) accused of plagiarism, the author(s) of the original work and the copyright holder if different from the author(s). In either case, these actions should constitute closure of the allegation of plagiarism.

An allegation of plagiarism is a serious accusation and should never be taken lightly. On the other hand, self-policing is a major strength of the scientific community, and plagiarism should always be reported when it is suspected to have occurred

circulated in the public interest by "Ethical Researchers Network (India)"

Fwd: WARNING: Do not use IIM-A logins on this site

A message from admins

WARNING: Do not use IIM-A logins on this site

To all Guests /  Visitors from IIM-A

While logging in to the website http://ernet-iima.rhcloud.com please be advised that it is not hosted on ERNET platform (it is hosted on "RedHat" cloud servers).

Your Institute assigned ERNET IIM-A login IDs and passwords will not be accepted by RedHat servers. If you want to register to use the website and post to the Free Speech "forums", please first "Create an account" and do not submit your IIM-A / ERNET authentication under any circumstances - Use a non-Institute Gmail or Yahoo etc. email ID to register with.

(Disregard the message to use your IIM Ahmedabad ID)

FYI, Guests can post "comments" on forum posts anonymously. These are approved for posting by admins if they conform to the forum rules.

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[Gen NB] Google Groups: You've been added to IIM Ahmedabad

Another silly IIM-A attempt to prevent pure research

[Gen NB] Google Groups: You've been added to IIM Ahmedabad

From: Manoj Bhatt cao@iimahd.ernet.in
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:12 PM
Subject: [Gen NB] Google Groups: You've been added to IIM Ahmedabad
To: General Notice Board gnb@iimahd.ernet.in

To  : IIMA Community

From: Chief Administrative Officer

It is learnt that the trail mail is received by some community members. It is an unauthorised mail and I would suggest not to visit the group or respond to the mail. We will investigate about initiator of this mail.

Thanks.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: krishna oilmill (Google Groups) noreply@googlegroups.com
Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM
Subject: Google Groups: You've been added to IIM Ahmedabad
To: cao@iimahd.ernet.in

IIM-A students and alumni welcomes proactive approach by Director Ashish Nanda in formulating the new IIM-A cyber policy dated 30.Sept.2013 to promote freedom of speech and expression, enunciated as under.

"The Institute promotes research by students in varieties of fields. The Institute upholds freedom of speech and opinions, that is people can have divergent views and can express it. The online entries are based on publicly available and accessible information in the public domain without bias. Thus in the IIM-A's opinion we do not find any wrong doing is being done."

Source: www.iimahd-ernet.in

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Can you disclose the URL of the referred googlegroup ?

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/16/2013 - 09:33

Thanks

Can we know the URL of the referred "unauthorised" google group  ?