Sep 19 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
Plagiarism charge on IIIT teacher, HRD probe ordered
Akshaya Mukul
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New Delhi:
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Indian Institute of Information Technology teacher Vijaishree Tewari, daughter of Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tewari, is caught in a plagiarism row with the HRD ministry setting up a oneman fact-finding panel to probe the allegations against her.Former IIT, Kharagpur director KL Chopra has been asked to submit the report within a month.
It is alleged that Tewari coauthored an article `Public Distribution System in India: The Problems and Dimensions' which was uploaded on Social Science Research Network (SSRN) website. The article is alleged to have been plagiarized from a report -Public Distribution System of Essential Commodities as a Social Safety Net: A Study of the District of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh -submitted by Bhaskar Majumdar to the Planning Commission. The plan panel had financed the study . The article, authored by Tewari and others, lifts verbatim big chunks from Majumdar's paper, especially while profiling Allahabad and the sample size.
The article, co-authored by Tewari, was actually a project report by four of her students.Tewari and her colleague Madhvendra Mishra supervised these students for MBA degree from IIIT, Allahabad.Later, the report appeared as an article in SSRN.
Tewari outrightly denies the allegations. She says, “I have been told about the factfinding inquiry . I have done nothing wrong. The project report was done by students.“ Tewari says the complaint is “motivated“. She says the article carried the name of her four students as well as Mishra.
However, Tewari does not explain why she referred the SSRN article in appraisal information form of faculty members. In fact, the article is even mentioned as achievement in IIIT's annual report for 2010-11.
Chopra will go to Allahabad soon to conduct the inquiry . Tewari says HRD ministry is not to be blamed as it is trying to find out the truth.
It is alleged that Tewari coauthored an article `Public Distribution System in India: The Problems and Dimensions' which was uploaded on Social Science Research Network (SSRN) website. The article is alleged to have been plagiarized from a report -Public Distribution System of Essential Commodities as a Social Safety Net: A Study of the District of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh -submitted by Bhaskar Majumdar to the Planning Commission. The plan panel had financed the study . The article, authored by Tewari and others, lifts verbatim big chunks from Majumdar's paper, especially while profiling Allahabad and the sample size.
The article, co-authored by Tewari, was actually a project report by four of her students.Tewari and her colleague Madhvendra Mishra supervised these students for MBA degree from IIIT, Allahabad.Later, the report appeared as an article in SSRN.
Tewari outrightly denies the allegations. She says, “I have been told about the factfinding inquiry . I have done nothing wrong. The project report was done by students.“ Tewari says the complaint is “motivated“. She says the article carried the name of her four students as well as Mishra.
However, Tewari does not explain why she referred the SSRN article in appraisal information form of faculty members. In fact, the article is even mentioned as achievement in IIIT's annual report for 2010-11.
Chopra will go to Allahabad soon to conduct the inquiry . Tewari says HRD ministry is not to be blamed as it is trying to find out the truth.
