Reportedly, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the HRD Ministry to fire three IIT professors — including IIT-Patna Director and the Dean of the prestigious IIT-Kharagpur — from service.Various norms and contract conditions were violated in digitisation of eight subsidiaries of Coal India LtdBSE 0.67 % (CIL) through the coalnet project given to IIT Kharagpur, one of the country’s premier institutes, in 2001.
The CVC has recommended major penalty proceedings against IIT Patna director, Professor Anil K Bhowmick , HoD in IIT Kharagpur, Professor R N Banerjee, and dean in IIT Kharagpur, minor penalty against Professor P P Chakrabarti for their alleged involvement in the scam, official sources said.
Major penalty proceedings include dismissal of service. A delinquent government employee faces censure and withholding of increment among others in case of minor penalty.
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