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News18
20-07-2025
- Business
- News18
What's On Monsoon Session Agenda? Centre's Bills & Opposition Debates On Sindoor, Bihar, AI Crash
A look at the agenda of the session that will end on August 21. On the Centre's agenda Income Tax Bill, 2025: It was introduced in the Lok Sabha on February 13 and referred to a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda. News18 had reported that it is expected to be brought to Parliament for passage during this session. Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025: It aims to align the state GST law with the central legislation. Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025: It seeks to promote ease of doing business and improve regulatory compliance. Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025: It proposes to bring IIM Guwahati under the formal fold of the IIM Act, giving it statutory recognition. Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025: It brings in tax reforms and streamlines current laws. Geoheritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance) Bill, 2025: It aims to protect geologically important sites Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025: It seeks to regulate the scientific exploration of deep-seated and critical minerals. National Sports Governance Bill, 2025: It proposes ethical and governance reforms to improve accountability in sports bodies. National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025: It aligns India's anti-doping regulations with global standards set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and ensures the institutional independence of the National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel. President's rule in Manipur: Under other business, the government has listed a resolution for the extension of President's Rule in Manipur, originally imposed on February 13, 2025. On the opposition's agenda The opposition is expected to demand discussions on: Air India crash in Gujarat: The preliminary probe report has created a stir by attributing blame to the two deceased pilots and raising concerns over accountability and transparency.
Time of India
16-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
IIMB director's tenure ends, will return to faculty role
Bengaluru: Rishikesha T Krishnan, director of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B), will step down from office on July 19 as his five-year tenure comes to an end. The director will return to his faculty role as a professor in the strategy area next week. As per the IIM Act, the senior-most faculty member will be the director in-charge until the new director is appointed. The board of governors appointed a search committee, which has shortlisted three candidates and forwarded these names to the Visitor, who is the President of India, for final selection. Rishikesha was in controversy recently after a faculty member alleged caste discrimination against him and five others. You Can Also Check: Bengaluru AQI | Weather in Bengaluru | Bank Holidays in Bengaluru | Public Holidays in Bengaluru Professor Rishikesha's appointment occurred soon after the Covid-19 pandemic began. "During the pandemic, we had the time to think about the future of the institute in terms of developing new programmes and initiatives. In the three years that followed, we not only returned to the rhythm of our academic calendar but also strategically expanded our portfolio of programmes, projects, and activities," he said.
Hindustan Times
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC dismisses plea challenging 2017 appointment of IIM Rohtak director
The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a petition challenging 2017 appointment of Dheeraj Sharma, director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak. The high court bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari also set aside a show-cause notice issued to him over alleged concealment of academic qualifications, served upon him by the Centre in 2022. Dheeraj Sharma was appointed in 2017. His first term as the IIM-Rohtak director came to an end on February 9, 2022, and in the same year, he got a second term on February 28. The petition challenging his appointment was filed by one Amitava Chaudhary and others, in 2019 seeking quashing of his appointment. The court said that petitioners who filed plea against Sharma appeared 'front faces' of the two employees, whose services were terminated by Sharma. The court said that Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), was empowered to recommend the names of candidates shortlisted on account of their eligibility criteria and also from the category of 'eminent persons'. '...the SCSC recommended the name of Dr Dheeraj Sharma for appointment to the post of director under the category 'nomination from eminent person', and that, the SCSC was well empowered to do so,' the court said. There is no wrangle amongst the contesting litigants that Dheeraj Sharma did not possess a first class Bachelor's degree, the requirement for the post of director. Yet the recommendation of his name was made by the search committee based on consideration of his resume, it added. '… (it) clearly speaks in volume that, it was recommended absolutely under the category 'nomination from eminent person'. This can be clearly inferred from the intra-departmental communications,' the court said. The court further said Memorandum of Association of IIM, Rohtak and other relevant rules leave no room for any doubt that, the appointing and disciplinary authority to the post of director was the Board of Governors (BoG) and not the MHRD. 'Consequently, this court has no hesitation to hold that, the MHRD did not have any jurisdiction to serve the impugned show cause notice, and that, the impugned show cause notice suffers from the vice of lack of able jurisdiction,' it said, referring to 2022 notices served upon the director by the Centre on allegations about his educational qualification. Notably, in March, the Centre ordered a probe into allegations of financial bungling at IIM Rohtak during the tenure of Sharma. The probe would also look into the issue of alleged concealment of vital information about the academic qualification of the director, an issue dealt with by the court in this petition as well. The probe was ordered by the President of India, who is also 'visitor of the institute' and holds the highest decision-making authority over majority of centrally run institutions. The development was the first such action by the Centre after amendments were made to the IIM Act in 2023 to make the President the Visitor of IIMs.
Indian Express
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Major relief to Dr Dheeraj Sharma as HC dismisses plea challenging his appointment as IIM-Rohtak director
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging Dr Dheeraj Sharma's appointment as director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak, and also set aside a show-cause notice issued to him over alleged concealment of academic qualifications. The order was passed by a bench of Justice Kuldeep Tiwari. The detailed judgment is awaited. The controversy dates back to 2019, when one Amitava Chaudhary moved court alleging that Sharma, at the time of his initial appointment, did not meet the eligibility criteria as he had a second division in his bachelor's degree, while the criteria for the post is a first division. It was further alleged that Sharma concealed this fact, leading to the issuance of a show-cause notice in 2022 by the Government, asking why action should not be taken against him for withholding crucial information. Sharma first served as IIM-Rohtak director from 2017 to 2022. In 2022, he was reappointed for a second term, which is to end in 2027 The Education Ministry had informed the high court that it had written thrice to Sharma — first on February 18, 2021 and two reminders on June 28 and December 15, 2021— asking him for verified copies of his educational certificates to which he didn't reply. On February 17, 2022, the ministry finally received his degrees from IIM-Rohtak only to discover that he had a second division in his undergraduate degree from Delhi University. A first-class Bachelor's degree was the prerequisite for the job. Sharma had disputed the government's stand submitting that the government knew all along about him obtaining a second division in his undergraduate studies. He has also submitted that the Education Ministry's stand that he did not respond to repeated requests for his degrees 'is without any basis, unwarranted and incorrect.' Sharma had claimed that he e-mailed his educational degrees to the government on March 31, 2016. Sharma had moved the high court challenging the show-cause notice issued by the government for allegedly 'misrepresenting' his educational qualifications which led to his appointment in 2017. he had also challenged the show-cause notice in court on the grounds that the Centre lacked jurisdiction in the matter since the IIM's Board of Governors is the appointing authority. The court has now allowed his plea against the show cause notice. In 2023, the Centre amended the IIM Act, 2017, to make the President the Visitor of the IIMs. With the amendment, the President was given the authority to make key appointments, audit institutions and conduct inquiries — powers that were previously held by the Board of Governors.
