p c chandra reviews and complaints

Wrongdoings against PTU students at P.C.Chandra School of Business (PCCSOB) [LC: 824]

To
The Dean,
Distance Education Program,
Punjab Technical University
Jalandhar.

1/1/2010

Sir,

We are MBA students of P.C.Chandra School of Business (PCCSB), Kolkata (LC: 824) under Punjab Technical University(PTU). I would like to draw your attention to various malpractices committed by P.C.Chandra School of Business, Kolkata, under the direction of Mr. Avishek Auddy, Director, PCCSB.

1) At the time of our admission we were told that PCCSB follows the curriculum of MBA course (S05) of the esteemed Punjab Technical University. We were also informed by Director, Mr. Avishek Auddythat the PGPM certificate program (that the college conducts) is optional for students along with the MBA program of PTU. But after a month or so of admission, we found to our dismay that all the classes were conducted according to the PGPM course, instead of MBA course of PTU. On enquiry, we were told by the college authorities that the PGPM course is compulsory for all students and the MBA of PTU is of secondary importance.

2) Most faculties are biased and syllabus is not covered in full, for almost all subjects of the PTU MBA curriculum. College authorities are often involved in manipulating and tampering attendance records of students and there is no transparency in the evaluation procedure. Evaluated answer scripts and projects are never shown or returned to students. Only some fictitious marks are put up on notice board. This proves that the P.C.Chandra group is immoral and corrupt to the core.

3) PCCSOB authorities have designed a syllabus (of PGPM course) of their own which is contradictory to & violates the PTU syllabus for MBA.

Hardly any time is allocated for topics included in PTU Syllabus, though at the time of admission college authorities leverage the name of PTU, one of the renowned universities of India. Students have the feeling that they are attending some fashion designing course (as part of PGPM) rather than MBA- Marketing/Finance/HR/IT!

Poor results of college students in PTU exams are a proof of this. Almost 80% of the students had to reappear in at least one subject in the last two PTU semester exams.

4) PGPM course is also a source of blackmailing and illegal money making for PCCSB and its Director, Mr. Avishek Auddy. After every trimester of the PGPM course, few students are held back and prevented from attending classes, on the basis of some fictitious marks of the PGPM exam. College authorities do not show the corrected answer scripts of PGPM exams either to students or their parents. Director, Mr. Avishek Auddy personally asks for amounts ranging from Rs 45, 000/- to Rs 90, 000/-, in cash and without any receipt, for allowing students to attend further classes of the MBA program of PTU.

5) College is also involved in various fraudulent activities for arrangement of Educational Loans for students. Mr. Avishek Auddy offers to arrange counterfeit documents (address proof & salary slips) for students to avail educational loans from various banks. IOB and SBI have already blacklisted PCCSBfor involvementin variousfraudulent activities, for availing Education Loans.

We are spending around Rs 3 lakhs for our MBA program, but we are not getting thevalue for our effort and money spent, at PCCSB, Kolkata. We would request you to kindly investigate the matter and ensure that PTU MBA syllabus and guidelines are adhered to at PCCSB, Kolkata (LC: 824). We would further request you to ensure that the fraudulent PGPM course of PCCSB is stopped completely and immediately, so that students and their parents are not troubled by the immoral & corrupt Mr. Avishek Auddy, Director, PCCSB.

PCCSB is maligning the goodwill of PTU, one of the most esteemed universities of India. We all want to secure good grades in the PTU exams. Please do the needful to stop PCCSB (LC: 824) from spoiling the future of PTU students.

Dinesh Jalota
(3rd Semester PCCSOB(PTU LC :824))

Gruesome Ragging at P. C. Chandra School of Business, Kolkata [LC: 824] affiliated to Punjab Technical University.

To
The Honorable Minister for Human Resource Development,
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Government of India

25/7/09

Respected Sir,

I am writing this letter on behalf of myself (Ms. Anisha Shekhar) and my two friends Mr. Raja Nandy and Mr. Abhijit Das. We were first year MBA students at P. C. Chandra School of Business[PCCSB], Kolkata, affiliated to Punjab Technical University [PTU] from September 2008 to January 2009. All three of us had to leave the institute due to unbearable mental agony and physical torture inflicted on us by our seniors as part of Ragging.

All the juniors were subjected to harsh ragging by seniors. The principal offenders are Bitopan Borah (PTU Roll No.: [protected]), Joydev Shah ([protected]), Debanuj Borah ([protected]), Subhankar Pal ([protected]). Juniors were often asked to strip their clothes and then lighted cigars were thrown on their bare bodies. The four seniors mentioned above often landed in girl’s hostel (near 1A market, salt lake) in inebriated state. Raja Nandy was punched in the eye by Joydev Shaw. Some juniors including Abhijit Das, was hit and poked with iron sticks in their private areas.

Other forms of Ragging going on at PCCSB are:

• Juniors were asked and made to answer vulgar questions.
• Juniors were forced to drink country liquor.
• Juniors were coerced to do acts with sexual overtones.
• Juniors were forced to look at pornographic movies & pictures.
• Juniors were hit in their genitals by iron rods.

Complaining to college authorities about these perverted acts was in vain, and they turned a deaf ear to our complaints. Director Mr. Avishek Auddy along with Mr. Sujit Mukherjee, Admission Executive threatened students not to disclose anything about the ragging to PTU officials, or else PCCSB will deliberately make students fail in the PTU internals. Few juniors were coerced by Mr. Auddy to write letters mentioning that there were no incidents of ragging in the college.

Mr Aviskek Auddy, Director, PCCSB mentioned that all PTU officials are corrupt, so there is no point raising the issue to PTU. Mr. Auddy even commented to our parents that they have paid around Rs 1, 00, 000/- in cash to Mr. Gautam Banerjee, Regional Head, Matrix Infosys, Regional Center PTU Kolkata for marketing purposes.

Later, we came to know that PCCSB takes donation (around Rs 50, 000/-) from the rich students who involve themselves in ragging. So the college is not in a position to take action against offenders.

We have lost one academic year and have paid Rs 74, 000/- (Rs 20, 000 + Rs 54, 000/-) as fees. We have made subsequent requests to Mr Aviskek Auddy, Director, PCCSB to refund a portion of our course fees, but without any response.

It was very inappropriate on part of Matrix Infosys (Regional Center, PTU Kolkata) to associate itself with such a fraudulent institute like P.C.Chandra School of Business [LC: 824], without proper background verification. Money cannot be the only factor while granting affiliation to educational institutions.

PCCSB is bringing disgrace to the esteemed PTU and the entire Higher Education system of India. Kindly take appropriate action from your end against the offenders mentioned in this letter and also against PCCSB authorities, according to the National Anti-Ragging Act, to stop recurrence of such incidents in future. To this effect pass necessary instructions to Matrix Infosys (Regional Center, PTU Kolkata) through appropriate channels.

As PCCSB under its Director, Mr. Avishek Auddy does not bother to abide by the rules and regulations of nation, kindly consider stopping new admissions in the academic year 2009-11, to prevent future occurrence of incidents like ragging and sexual harassment.

Yours sincerely,

Anisha Shekhar
(IA Market, Salt Lake, Kolkata)