Wednesday 17 July 2013

PPC for Director

A rarest of the rare movement has been started by the eminent faculties, students and renowned alumni of IIT Kharagpur demanding the immediate appointment of Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti as the next director of the prestigious institute. Prof. Chakrabarti (85/CSE/RK, PGM), who is fondly known to his colleagues, students and friends as PPC is the current director select – however, his appointment has remained pending for the last one year in the hands of MHRD and CVC due reasons unknown. This movement is being chaired by one of the well known alumni of the institute Mr. Arjun Malhotra (70/ECE/RP), the co-founder of HCL and Headstrong Inc.

It is therefore high time to put pressure on the administration to resolve it on an urgent basis. Here are some important mails/articles/links to various activities: