Dear Dr. Gupta,
A few points emerge from your email.
(We have explained how to leave the list)A few points emerge from your email.
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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