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	'''Rajeev Kumar''' is ~~a professor~~ at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="TheNewIndianExpress2020">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/15/denial-of-phd-to-whistleblower-professors-student-put-issue-before-bog-hrd-ministry-asks-iit-khar-2103859.html\|title=Denial of PhD to whistleblower professor's student: Put issue before BoG, HRD ministry asks IIT Kharagpur\|work=The New Indian Express\|date=15 February 2020\|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> While he worked at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] he successfully campaigned to reform the [[Joint Entrance Examination]] (JEE) by which the IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) admit undergraduate students, by introducing greater transparency into it.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://scroll.in/article/888239/people-were-afraid-to-be-seen-with-me-professor-whose-campaign-reformed-iit-admission-system\|title=This professor's campaign reformed the opaque IIT admission system. So why was he suspended?\|last=Chowdhury\|first=Shreya Roy\|work=Scroll.in\|access-date=2018-08-11\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>		'''Rajeev Kumar''' is now at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="TheNewIndianExpress2020">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/15/denial-of-phd-to-whistleblower-professors-student-put-issue-before-bog-hrd-ministry-asks-iit-khar-2103859.html\|title=Denial of PhD to whistleblower professor's student: Put issue before BoG, HRD ministry asks IIT Kharagpur\|work=The New Indian Express\|date=15 February 2020\|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://scroll.in/article/888239/people-were-afraid-to-be-seen-with-me-professor-whose-campaign-reformed-iit-admission-system\|title=This professor's campaign reformed the opaque IIT admission system. So why was he suspended?\|last=Chowdhury\|first=Shreya Roy\|work=Scroll.in\|access-date=2018-08-11\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>
	{{cite news		{{cite news
	\| title = For "unsung hero" behind IIT JEE transparency, some reprieve after years of torment		\| title = For "unsung hero" behind IIT JEE transparency, some reprieve after years of torment
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	\| date = 30 April 2013}}quote: Kumar, dubbed by the Supreme Court of India as an		\| date = 30 April 2013}}quote: Kumar, dubbed by the Supreme Court of India as an
	“unsung hero” responsible for much of the transparency introduced in the IIT		“unsung hero” responsible for much of the transparency introduced in the IIT
	entrance examination in recent years</ref> ~~He received the [[National RTI Award]] in 2010 for his efforts,~~<ref>http://www.rtiawards.org/prof_rajeevkumar.html</ref> ~~and a 2011 Supreme Court judgement called him "one of the many unsung heroes who help in~~		entrance examination in recent years</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.rtiawards.org/prof_rajeevkumar.html \|title=National RTI Awards {{!}} Welcome \|website=www.rtiawards.org \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119080623/http://www.rtiawards.org/prof_rajeevkumar.html \|archive-date=2009-11-19}} </ref> <ref> {{cite web
	~~improving the system."~~<ref>
	{{cite web
	\| title = Sanchit Bansal & Anr vs Joint Admission Board & Ors		\| title = Sanchit Bansal & Anr vs Joint Admission Board & Ors
	\| author = Justices [[R.V. Raveendran]], [[A.K. Patnaik]]		\| author = Justices [[R.V. Raveendran]], [[A.K. Patnaik]]
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	\| date = 11 October 2011		\| date = 11 October 2011
	}}</ref>		}}</ref> He is known for his fight with IITs to fix the eligibility criteria of admission through the JEE.
			A "protracted legal struggle"<ref name="soup">
	~~Since 2006, Rajeev Kumar has been using the [[Right~~ to ~~Information Act]] (RTI) to get information about how the IITs~~ fix the eligibility criteria of admission through the JEE.
	A "protracted legal struggle"<ref name=soup>
	{{cite news		{{cite news
	\| title = IIT-Kgp top rung in soup again		\| title = IIT-Kgp top rung in soup again
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	\| url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1955304/		\| url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1955304/
	\| date = 6 November 2009		\| date = 6 November 2009
	}}</ref> Since 2012, every candidate gets a carbon copy of their paper, and the various cutoffs are announced.<ref name=jee>		}}</ref> Since 2012, every candidate gets a carbon copy of their paper, and the various cutoffs are announced.<ref name="jee">
	{{cite news		{{cite news
	\| title = Irregularities in IIT JEE: Will the new HRD minister offer justice to this tenacious whistleblower?		\| title = Irregularities in IIT JEE: Will the new HRD minister offer justice to this tenacious whistleblower?
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	The HRD ministry recently directed the IIT to revoke the suspension		The HRD ministry recently directed the IIT to revoke the suspension
	of Prof Rajeev Kumar, as advised by the CVC, but it is yet to do so.</ref><ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130228/jsp/nation/story_16615464.jsp#.UzJy9E34JnY</ref> In July 2012, the registrar of IIT wrote to the ministry		of Prof Rajeev Kumar, as advised by the CVC, but it is yet to do so.</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130228/jsp/nation/story_16615464.jsp#.UzJy9E34JnY \|title=IIT-K told to reinstate professor \|website=www.telegraphindia.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303003727/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130228/jsp/nation/story_16615464.jsp \|archive-date=2013-03-03}} </ref> In July 2012, the registrar of IIT wrote to the ministry
	"saying the withdrawal of suspension of Prof. Kumar and resumption of duties		"saying the withdrawal of suspension of Prof. Kumar and resumption of duties
	would adversely affect the academic atmosphere of the institute."		would adversely affect the academic atmosphere of the institute."
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'''Rajeev Kumar''' is a professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="TheNewIndianExpress2020">{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/feb/15/denial-of-phd-to-whistleblower-professors-student-put-issue-before-bog-hrd-ministry-asks-iit-khar-2103859.html|title=Denial of PhD to whistleblower professor's student: Put issue before BoG, HRD ministry asks IIT Kharagpur|work=The New Indian Express|date=15 February 2020|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref> While he worked at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] he successfully campaigned to reform the [[Joint Entrance Examination]] (JEE) by which the IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) admit undergraduate students, by introducing greater transparency into it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/888239/people-were-afraid-to-be-seen-with-me-professor-whose-campaign-reformed-iit-admission-system|title=This professor's campaign reformed the opaque IIT admission system. So why was he suspended?|last=Chowdhury|first=Shreya Roy|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| title = For "unsung hero" behind IIT JEE transparency, some reprieve after years of torment
| author = Charu Sudan Kasturi
| publisher = [[Hindustan Times]]
| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/for-unsung-hero-behind-iit-jee-transparency-some-reprieve-after-years-of-torment/article1-1052894.aspx
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501042852/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/For-unsung-hero-behind-IIT-JEE-transparency-some-reprieve-after-years-of-torment/Article1-1052894.aspx
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 1 May 2013
| date = 30 April 2013}}quote: Kumar, dubbed by the Supreme Court of India as an
“unsung hero” responsible for much of the transparency introduced in the IIT
entrance examination in recent years</ref> He received the [[National RTI Award]] in 2010 for his efforts,<ref>http://www.rtiawards.org/prof_rajeevkumar.html</ref> and a 2011 Supreme Court judgement called him "one of the many unsung heroes who help in
improving the system."<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Sanchit Bansal & Anr vs Joint Admission Board & Ors
| author = Justices [[R.V. Raveendran]], [[A.K. Patnaik]]
| publisher = [[Supreme Court of India]]
| url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1184570/
| date = 11 October 2011
}}</ref>

Since 2006, Rajeev Kumar has been using the [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) to get information about how the IITs fix the eligibility criteria of admission through the JEE.
A "protracted legal struggle"<ref name=soup>
{{cite news
| title = IIT-Kgp top rung in soup again
| author = PNS
| publisher = The Pioneer
| url = http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/iit-kgp-top-rung-in-soup-again.html
| date = 19 April 2013
}}
Records obtained by Rajeev Kumar, with whom the institute is in protracted
legal tussle, through RTI showed that (registrar IIT) wrote to BSNL on 10 January 2011 seeking details of calls, made
and received from Kumar's personal mobile, for six months.</ref> over years
with several tiers of the IIT administration, led to in 2010, the Delhi High Court ordering the IITs to reveal such information.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Court notice to IITs on JEE
| author = IANS
| publisher = [[Hindustan Times]]
| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/court-notice-to-iits-on-jee/article1-528706.aspx
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140326102917/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/court-notice-to-iits-on-jee/article1-528706.aspx
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 26 March 2014
| date = 8 April 2010
}}
The Delhi High Court has sent notices to 15 Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs) and the ministry of human resource development to clarify their
process of selection in the JEE.</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| title = Rajeev Kumar vs Indian Institute of Technology
| author = Shailesh Gandhi, Information Commissioner
| publisher = [[Central Information Commission]]
| url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1955304/
| date = 6 November 2009
}}</ref> Since 2012, every candidate gets a carbon copy of their paper, and the various cutoffs are announced.<ref name=jee>
{{cite news
| title = Irregularities in IIT JEE: Will the new HRD minister offer justice to this tenacious whistleblower?
| author = Vinita Deshmukh
| publisher =
| url = http://www.moneylife.in/article/irregularities-in-iit-jee-will-the-new-hrd-minister-offer-justice-to-this-tenacious-whistleblower/29436.html
| date = 1 November 2012
}}</ref>
Due to this activism he was suspended, then compulsorily retired by IIT Kharagpur in 2014; he was reinstated in 2017 by the [[President of India|President]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Without Armour
| author = Chandrani Banerjee
| publisher = Outlook India
| url = http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277945
| date = 15 August 2011
}}</ref>

==Suspension for whistleblowing==
In 2011, Kumar was suspended for damaging the reputation of IIT Kharagpur by reporting the massive copying that goes on in the institute, and for exposing a scam in the purchase of laptop computers.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = IIT Kharagpur suspends whistleblower professor
| publisher = [[Times of India]]
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IIT-Kharagpur-suspends-whistleblower-professor/articleshow/8308745.cms?referral=PM
| date = 14 May 2011}}</ref> The institute had also illegally accessed Kumar's phone records.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = IIT Kharagpur violates privacy law, snoops on prof's phone chat
| author = Charu Sudan Kasturi
| publisher = Hindustan Times
| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/iit-kharagpur-violates-privacy-law-snoops-on-prof-s-phone-chat/article1-703810.aspx
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202013821/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IIT-Kharagpur-violates-privacy-law-snoops-on-prof-s-phone-chat/Article1-703810.aspx
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2 December 2011
| date = 30 May 2011
}}</ref>
This led to noted Supreme Court lawyer and activist [[Prashant Bhushan]] asking the MHRD Minister [[Kapil Sibal]] to ensure that whistleblowers like Rajeev should not be harassed.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Lawyer asks Sibal to ensure IIT prof is not 'harassed'
| author = Akshaya Mukul,TNN
| publisher = [[Times of India]]
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lawyer-asks-Sibal-to-ensure-IIT-professor-is-not-harassed/articleshow/7667873.cms?referral=PM
| date = 10 March 2011
}}</ref> Despite letters from the MHRD and the [[Central Vigilance Commission]] in 2013, IIT Kharagpur did not revoke the suspension.<ref name=soup/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/review-suspension-of-whistleblower-centre-tells-iit-kharagpur/article4204218.ece|title = Review suspension of whistleblower, Centre tells IIT Kharagpur|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 16 December 2012|last1 = Singh|first1 = Shiv Sahay}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| title = IIT Kharagpur defies CVC, faces heat
| author = Anubhuti Vishnoi
| publisher = [[Indian Express]]
| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/iit-kharagpur-defies-cvc-faces-heat/1098500/
| date = 6 April 2013
}}
The HRD ministry recently directed the IIT to revoke the suspension
of Prof Rajeev Kumar, as advised by the CVC, but it is yet to do so.</ref><ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130228/jsp/nation/story_16615464.jsp#.UzJy9E34JnY</ref> In July 2012, the registrar of IIT wrote to the ministry
"saying the withdrawal of suspension of Prof. Kumar and resumption of duties
would adversely affect the academic atmosphere of the institute."
<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Review suspension of whistleblower, Centre tells IIT Kharagpur
| author = Shiv Sahay Singh
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/review-suspension-of-whistleblower-centre-tells-iit-kharagpur/article4204218.ece
| date = 16 December 2012
}}</ref>

Finally, the suspension was lifted in May 2013,<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Whistleblower professor resumes work at IIT-KGP
| author =
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/whistleblower-professor-resumes-work-at-iitkgp/article4679148.ece
| date = 3 May 2013
}}</ref>

==References==
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