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'''Rajeev Kumar''' is | '''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> | 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 | ||
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| 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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| url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1184570/ | | url = http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1184570/ | ||
| 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"> | |||
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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Rajeev}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Rajeev}} | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Activists from West Bengal]] | [[Category:Activists from West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:IIT Kharagpur faculty]] | ||
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | ||