Indian Blogger resigns over his blogpost

mridula

Indian blogsphere is hotting up.

An Indian blogger Gaurav resigned from his job today. You can read about why Gaurav had to resign over his post at

http://gauravsabnis.blogspot.com/2005/10/update.html

and can get a perspective on the debate on

http://www.desipundit.com/2005/10/08...nd-fake-blogs/

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Almoraboy

too bad

somethign shold be done about such misleading ads. i guess the newspapers should themselves stop publishing such ads which might not convey the true picture. even i had once seen the iipm building in b'lore .... definitely not upto what the ad claims

mridula

Newspapers consider such institutes their God, because of the amount of the revenue it means for the institute. If you wish have a look at this.

http://meaindia.nic.in/parliament/rs/2005/05/12rs07.htm

crvlvr

I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out what this was all about, couldn't .. some background would be helpful -- IBM, IIMPM, Sabnis, resignations.. what has one to do with the other, and travel to India?

mridula

Well, this is Yak Yak yak and I thought I could post it. Is it wrong? I have seen Indian culture being discussed here, so I thought a few people might be interested in Indian education too.

If you need background, a blogger Gaurav Sabnis had to resign from IBM because he linked to a post done by a MAG called JAM. JAM gave bad rep to IIPM which is a private sector educational institute, IIPM sued JAM and in the process Gaurav too somehow ended up resigning. Probaly a first in India.

Oh, I also remember a link to a story of Marathon Boy aged 3 here. Was it travel?

If this post is inappropriate in any way, I have no problem in getting this deleted by someone who can do so.

indiamike

Sorry mridula,

Before you posted the last reply I also followed the couple of links and had really 'no clue' what it was about either.


I still don't understand it now but it's a little clearer. Not much but a little more.

Almoraboy

well this is the yak yak corner, so this topic can be posted here i guess.

ok, here is the background. a guy named arindam chowdhary runs some institutes named iipm in some of the metros. he claims that they r better than the iims. the ad line says, "dare to think beyond the iims". now the iims have been around for a lot longer than iipm (at least the older ones). plus, i believe that the major factor that goes into making an institute is the quality of students and the amount of effort they put into their studies. after all, isn't that the bottom line?
the iims have a very tough admission procedure. in 2004, it was 130000 applications, out of which 1200 - 1300 ppl made it. plus, the placements r the best in india and far far far better than iipm. also, just tell me one thing .... has any student ever preferred to join iipm despite getting an iim call?? by call i mean final selection for the 2 yr pgp program via cat and not for the correspondence courses, workshops, etc

ok, those guys have the freedom to print what they want. but if this is the case, then the rest of the public also has the right to print what they feel is the truth. that is what this guy was doing n iipm raised such a hue n cry over the matter. hey guys, c'mon, if u want the freedom to print that u r far better than 6 other instis and that the other instis r creating an artificial shortage of mbas and they r hyping up their claims, and their students r actually grossly overpaid ... then be prepared to hear the same things about ur institute also . but then it is like ... we can say/print/shout anything we want, and if anydoes the same to us then we slap a rs. 125 cr lawsuit. please gimme a break dude

anywyas, don't wanna waste my time discussing too much about this stuff. but sometimes i feel that some guillible students can be misleaded by these ads. they pay hefty fees and then don't get the adequate facilities and placements. it is a fact that many institutes (besides iipm) also indulge in this same tactic which is morally very very wrong. unfortunately, when it comes to making it legally wrong, then the govt does nothing in this regard and ultimately the students suffer

bearable

Thanks for clearing up the confusion Almoraboy. I was about to add this hoopla to a long list of things I do not understand.

concoran

I am still trying to figure out how this thread is relevant to 'India Travel'.

Priyamav

Also, to put this whole thing in context for those unfamiliar with the topic: education is at the moment one of India's biggest BUSINESSES and every insitution claims they are the next best thing.

On another note: most of the bloggers that are now attacking IIPM are well-connected alumni of IIM institutes. So for most of them not only is freedom of speech "at stake", but also "honour". It's a bit of a discussion of whose better than who. (just like detergent brands claiming to be 'whiter' than other brands, and advertising likewise).

Of course the actions that IIPM had taken to pressurize IBM with "thinkpad-burnings" and attempts to sue bloggers for slander are ridiculous.

(By expressing this opinion I do not claim to know everything about this event in India, as I would want to avoid being referred to as a "white imperialist" as has been done in the thread on "Brutalities in Bangalore")

Priyamav

Not EVERYTHING on this forum is related to India travel. And perhaps there are non-Indians here contemplating joining an Indian Management School. Then it might fit in the expat section...

crvlvr

granted, not all posts have to be about travel to india. But, since the original posts pointed to links that were in itself vague (in not putting the story in to focus really quickly) made one wonder if they were missing something -- especially if it related to india travel. almora-bot, mridula, thanks for the background info.

IIPM students are not really increasing their market value by making these kinds of threats: .

mridula

When I put the link here, I was also trying to keep track as to what was happening at 10 other sites, hence the vague first post. Sorry about that.

edwardseco

Wow, a strain but interesting..

mridula

Edwardseco, I know it is a strain for people who are not well versed with the background. But I thought this was important.

As of now, if you use the blog search engine Technorati for IIPM, people are posting like crazy about it over the blogsphere. I wonder if IIPM had ever imagined the result would be something like this!