How Kidar Bansal adamantly refused to bribe corrupt AICTE officials and faced torment for years before the wrongdoers were finally trapped by the CBI.
The story of Bansal and his encounters with AICTE is both fascinating and sickening. Fascinating because it shows how some intrepid warriors will never succumb to the ‘system’. And sickening because of the extent to which AICTE officials tormented and harassed him for years in a brazen manner. Bansal launched the Echelon Institute of Technology in November 2006 and sought approval to run engineering courses. “As per rules of AICTE, I had enough resources and infrastructure to run an engineering college. For example, AICTE rules state that an engineering college should have 4350 square metres of build-up area and my college had 6750”. From November 2006 to May 2007, AICTE kept rejecting his request or, better still, not taking any action. He literally pleaded with Om Dalal and Ravindra Randhawa (Against whom CBI has now registered a case along with R.A Yadav). All along, ‘agents’ kept trying to persuade him to cough up the “lubrication money”. But Bansal was adamant. He reflects on his state of mind those days, “ When I have fulfilled every rule and regulation, then why should I pay a bribe?”
But corrupt babus who are thwarted have long memories. As per AICTE rules, an engineering college has to renew approvals every year and also needs an approval to increase the number of seats. When Bansal applied for necessary approval, officials tried to procrastinate the matter. “AICTE used to respond weeks after the date written on the envelope of the letter. On the other hand middlemen kept demanding bribe from me.” They were demanding Rs 15 lakh at the rate of Rs 25,000 for 60 seats.
The second session (2008-09) was about to start and Bansal was still rubbing his heels in the AICTE corridors. Neither his college got renewal nor number of seats were increased. Tired of this he registered his complaint with special Secretary in MHRD M K Acharya first and then to Additional Secretary Ashok Thakur. Then, on 10 July, 2008 he got a renewal approval but number of seats were not increased. Mr. Bansal met with Secretary R P Agrawal in MHRD. A concerned and upset Agrawal ordered Thakur to look into the matter.
The story of Bansal and his encounters with AICTE is both fascinating and sickening. Fascinating because it shows how some intrepid warriors will never succumb to the ‘system’. And sickening because of the extent to which AICTE officials tormented and harassed him for years in a brazen manner. Bansal launched the Echelon Institute of Technology in November 2006 and sought approval to run engineering courses. “As per rules of AICTE, I had enough resources and infrastructure to run an engineering college. For example, AICTE rules state that an engineering college should have 4350 square metres of build-up area and my college had 6750”. From November 2006 to May 2007, AICTE kept rejecting his request or, better still, not taking any action. He literally pleaded with Om Dalal and Ravindra Randhawa (Against whom CBI has now registered a case along with R.A Yadav). All along, ‘agents’ kept trying to persuade him to cough up the “lubrication money”. But Bansal was adamant. He reflects on his state of mind those days, “ When I have fulfilled every rule and regulation, then why should I pay a bribe?”
But corrupt babus who are thwarted have long memories. As per AICTE rules, an engineering college has to renew approvals every year and also needs an approval to increase the number of seats. When Bansal applied for necessary approval, officials tried to procrastinate the matter. “AICTE used to respond weeks after the date written on the envelope of the letter. On the other hand middlemen kept demanding bribe from me.” They were demanding Rs 15 lakh at the rate of Rs 25,000 for 60 seats.
The second session (2008-09) was about to start and Bansal was still rubbing his heels in the AICTE corridors. Neither his college got renewal nor number of seats were increased. Tired of this he registered his complaint with special Secretary in MHRD M K Acharya first and then to Additional Secretary Ashok Thakur. Then, on 10 July, 2008 he got a renewal approval but number of seats were not increased. Mr. Bansal met with Secretary R P Agrawal in MHRD. A concerned and upset Agrawal ordered Thakur to look into the matter.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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