After six years of legal battle since he was given compulsory retirement by IIT-Kharagpur on charges of misconduct, whistle-blower Professor Rajeev Kumar has finally got a posting at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
JNU in an order “requested” Kumar to “immediately” resume his duties at the School of Computer and Systems Sciences.
IIT Kharagpur had in May 2011 suspended Kumar on charges of misconduct. He was accused of damaging its reputation by levelling allegations of irregularities in admissions, purchase of laptops and rampant copying by students in exams.
Kumar was hailed as an “unsung hero” by the Supreme Court the same year for his efforts to reform the IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which has since been re-christened as…
