Freedom

It has been a long time since the world talked about this virtue.
A man may forget to eat for a day. He may not breathe for a while, by holding his breath. But, not freedom. One cannot afford to forget what true freedom is. Not even for a moment. Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. The feeling of being alive, to truly live life comes through freedom.
Once upon a time, the world was ruled by kings. They were replaced by the church. They were replaced by the governments. They will soon be replaced (if not already) by the corporations/media.
For 200 years, our ancestors fought for freedom. We squander it with thoughtless abandon. Someone once said that history repeats itself because nobody pays heed the first time.
There will be a revolution. It will be as sneaky as the replacement of the governments by the corporations. Hopefully, not as shameless, vulgar and empty.

Misrepresentation of facts/Yellow journalism

Ref : http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=176564

The information in the article is incorrect and defamatory. Lack of news does not mean that a newspaper shoud resort to mud slinging to gain readership. Without consulting our institute in this regard, how can such information be propagated?? The only obvious reason that comes to my mind is yellow journalism being done by AICTE which is trying to usurp power which it is not entitled to. Now one may say that I am making unprovable claims but that is not different from the contents of this article.
However I do have some references in this regard which I would like you to read:
Judgment by the Honorable Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.2056 of 1999
Petitioner: Bharathidasan University & Anr. Vs Respondent: AICTE & Ors.
Date of Judgement: 24/09/2001
This is the Hon'ble Supreme Court's verdict on this matter regarding AICTE. Universities, per se, do not come under the purview of AICTE. We being a University under a State Act cannot be governed by AICTE. It is the UGC which has to give us recognition, and this we have already been granted some years back. Our college had filed a suit against the IIMs as they had specified AICTE or AIU as a requirement for being eligible for CAT. The Hon'ble court ruled in our favour and AIU/AICTE is no longer a requirement for CAT. We are trying to usher in a revolution in education by trying to have a research led focus.

Talking about the achievements of our college:
One of the seniors secured 100 percentile in CAT 2005. Many others have received GDPI calls from the various IIMs. Many of our seniors are already in US/Europe pursuing MS/PhD in colleges of repute. Many students in the current batch have been accepted for MS/PhD by many well known US universities. Students from our college have been placed in companies like TI, Sun Microsystems, Open Silicon, Cadence, Mindtree, Infosys, TCS, Persistent, Reliance Infocomm, Interra, HP, Neilsoft,... This is as good as, if not better than any of the colleges currently in Gujarat. 11 companies have already confirmed their participation in our placement process for the next batch. Our students have excelled in international competitions like IBM Linux Scholar Challenge, IBM Invite, DADP (Reliance), TI DSP Design Contest, and more. The faculty are of the highest calibre with many years of experience at the highest level. All the faculties have PhD from reputed institutes in our country and abroad. They have a number of publications to their credit and their achievements are mindboggling. Many of them are at the forefront of the research being carried out in their fields of interest. The facilities available are not less than any college in India. Round the clock internet (24/7/365), state of the art campus with well equipped laboratories, excellent sports facilities, an enviable canteen and adequate hostel and classroom facilities. Not taking into consideration the fact that DA-IICT is just 5 years old, these achievements would make any college proud.

I expect an apology from IE in their next issue on the same front page where the above mentioned article has been published.

PS - Due to lack of time and memory I am unable to write more but I am sure I have missed out a lot of achievements.

For details and proof of recognition please contact Registrar,Admin Office, DAIICT.

Also, visit these for a more detailed explanation of the legal issues involved here.
1. Naresh
2. Rahul