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Data Fabrication? CSIR scientist dismissed for fabricating data

26/7/2016

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Committees that probed the matter reportedly found ‘hard evidence’ of the fraud by Mr. Cameotra
Swaranjit Singh Cameotra, a senior scientist at the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), a CSIR lab, was removed from service early this month for fabricating data in three papers published in 2013 (April 17, October 1 and October 8) in a scientific journal PLOS ONE. All the three papers were retracted by the journal in July 2014. 
Data fabrication was found in four more papers where he was the senior author. This is the first time in recent years that the CSIR has taken the extreme step of terminating the service of a senior scientist for scientific misconduct. In a retraction note published in July 2014, the journal said: “The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has carried out an investigation about several publications by this group [led by Dr. Cameotra] to evaluate concerns raised about the authenticity of the data. The investigation committee… concluded that there are no data available underlying this study and thus the published results are fabricated. As a result, [CSIR] has requested the retraction of the publication.”
Dr. Cameotra was senior scientist at the Environmental Biotechnology and Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory at IMTECH. “It is not easy to issue a removal order of a government employee. There was a thorough enquiry by 2-3 committees and they found hard evidence… every committee gave a clear-cut decision,” said R.K. Sinha, who holds additional charge as Director of IMTECH. 
Appeal to CSIR
According to Prof. Sinha, Dr. Cameotra has submitted an appeal to the Director-General of CSIR to reconsider the decision. He will still be eligible to apply for any other government job.
Speaking to The Hindu, Dr. Cameotra said tersely: “I have no comments.”
According to sources close to the investigation, he had admitted that there was no data to substantiate the claims made in the papers. Though he did not fabricate the data himself, as a senior scientist and senior author of the papers, he failed to check if the data were correct, a highly reliable source told The Hindu. The level of complicity and scientific misconduct had become clear even at an early stage of the investigation.
“In this case, the system was not found wanting,” said Prof. Sinha, referring to other cases where Indian scientists had got away with plagiarism, and data falsification and fabrication.
Data fabrication came to light when Georgia Tech, U.S. (where Fazlurrahman Khan, the first author of the papers who worked as a post-doctoral fellow) found “similarity and overlapping of data presented in the papers and the work Dr. Khan had done while in the U.S.”
A committee formed by the IMTECH to investigate the matter found that Dr. Khan was responsible for fabricating the data. Dr. Khan has since resigned from IMTECH.


Source | The Hindu | 25 July 2016
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Thought for the week

25/7/2016

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Dr. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM (October 15, 1931- July 27, 2015)
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Talk by eminent speakers, workshop to help students make informed career choices 

22/7/2016

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Revised Grading System in National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

22/7/2016

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The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has informed that it has reviewed and revised its grading system from a four grade system to a seven grade system. More number of letter grades within the same CGPA range will lead to further differentiation in quality of accredited institutions. The details of the revised grading system, being implemented from 1st July, 2016 onwards, is here.
 The NAAC has further informed that the present system of descriptors for letter grades, i.e., Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory, has been discontinued in the revised grading system.

 
Notice Link | http://www.naac.gov.in/docs/NOTICE-Revised%20grading%20system.pdf
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GURUSMARANA - A TEACHERS' ARCHIVE

21/7/2016

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Modern Higher Education System in Kerala is more than 150 years old and has played a key role in the development of the modern Kerala society. Though our society continuously remembers the names of some of the gurus of yesteryears, lives and deeds of many other great teachers have simply drowned in history. Here is a humble attempt to resurrect digitally the memory of these great teachers, including their writings and teaching reflections. The seed of this project was sown when the Hon. Minister for Education, Sri M A Baby was asked to unveil the portrait of Sri Maxwell Fernandez, the founding Head of the Journalism Dept in Kerala University (and also Calicut University) on October 29th, 2008. When he enquired about the area of specialization and writings and publication of Sri Maxwell, he was replied with silence. During his speech, he mentioned that scholars and teachers should not be remembered by their portraits alone, but by their scholarly work. He also announced that the Govt. would try to address this issue through a focused project. The project was soon formulated by the IHRD and the first phase is now completed. The focus of this phase has been Trivandrum and will extend to the whole state in the ongoing expansions. This massive project is planned to be constantly evolving.
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More Details at: http://gurusmarana.ihrd.ac.in/
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Why Digital Reading Is No Substitute for Print

21/7/2016

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Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print?

For both parents and teachers, knowing whether computer-based media are improving or compromising education is a question of concern. With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open educational resources, investigators have been trying to determine whether students do as well when reading an assigned text on a digital screen as on paper.

The answer to the question, however, needs far more than a yes-no response.


Link for Access | https://newrepublic.com/article/135326/digital-reading-no-substitute-print?utm_content=buffer4eff1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
 
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Norms for starting medical colleges to be eased: Govt

21/7/2016

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NEW DELHI: The government said it is working on relaxing policy norms for starting medical colleges and increasing post graduate seats in the existing ones to address shortage of doctors.

Union health minister JP Nadda said the number of medical colleges in the government sector was being increased so that the shortfall of medical professionals can be met. "Addressing the issue of shortage of doctors cannot be done overnight, and for this, we will have to go for policy changes... We have reduced space requirement for opening medical colleges," Nadda said, adding that the government was also looking at easing norms so that hospitals in towns can also start colleges.
 
The ministry is also planning to ease the specifications regarding required staff in medical colleges.
 
The health ministry has already given approval for a major increase in postgraduate seats in key departments at All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to address the severe dearth of specialists across the country. The departments that will get more PG seats include gynaecology, paediatrics, burns and plastic surgery, emergency medicines as well as rheumatology and biotechnology.
 

Similarly, the government also plans to increase seats and capacities in other central hospitals. The plans have been chalked out spanning next three years.

 
Source | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Norms-for-starting-medical-colleges-to-be-eased-Govt/articleshow/53292949.cms
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​IISc top Indian institute in 2016 BRICS rankings

21/7/2016

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The 2016 edition of the QS World University Rankings for BRICS nations has ranked IISc Bengaluru as the top Indian university. India has eight universities in the top 50 India’s representation remains below that of China that has 86 universities.
 
NEW DELHI: It has been a mixed bag for Indian education institutions in the 2016 edition of the QS World University Rankings for BRICS nations — Brazil, China, India, Russia, and South Africa — released on Wednesday.

While India expanded its base in the rankings with 17.6 per cent of the 250 universities from the country, its highest ranked university, the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, fell one place from last year's rankings. Apart from that, six of the top 10 Indian universities in the rankings also lost positions. Also, India has one fewer university in the top 20 when compared to the 2015 rankings.

Still, India has eight universities in the top 50, same as Russia and one more than Brazil. QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts and compilers of the QS World University Rankings, releases a ranking of the best universities in the BRICS nations every year. This year it expanded the survey to the top 250 universities in the bloc. The expanded ranking results showed an increased proportion of Indian universities.
 
In 2015, Indian universities took 31 of the 200 available places — or 15.5 per cent. This year, it was 44 out of 250 or 17.6 per cent. But India's representation remains below that of China (86 universities), Russia (55 universities) and Brazil (54 universities). Ben Sowter, head of research at QS, said, "The expanded rankings demonstrate India's increasing strength in depth, successes that are based primarily on its research excellence. Twelve of their universities score 90 or above for our citations per paper indicator, highlighting that India's research output is able to compete with the best produced by China, Brazil, and Russia."

"The data we use to compile the rankings shows that 21 Indian institutions achieve full marks for hiring staff with PhD qualifications," he added. The top five places went to Chinese institutions. IISc, Bengaluru, came in sixth. Delhi University rose from 46th place to 41st place this year. This follows a sharp rise from 91st to 66th in the latest QS University Rankings: Asia.

 
Source | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IISc-top-Indian-institute-in-2016-BRICS-rankings/articleshow/53292160.cms
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