In 2005, as a media watcher, I keenly followed the raging battle between Rashmi Bansal of the Jam magazine and IIPM, a huge time spender in Indian Media. I watched with horror the bullying that IIPM indulged in and the scandalous blogs that were opened up by IIPM bullies to place down the modesty of a woman, especially in countries like India. And I was indeed pleased by the blogosphere taking up cudgels on behalf of Rashmi and silencing the bullies of IIPM.
History is set to repeat again. The detailed investigation that Careers360 magazine in print by Mahesh Peri is now well known. More than 30000 links have opened up based on this article alone. Not one to stop the investigation, the magazine continued the investigation and has exposed IIPM’s fake MBA degree given by IMI, Belgium which acts completely in cohorts with IIPM. They further went ahead and in print the report submitted by the registrar of the university of Uttarakhand damning all lies told to students by IIPM. This continued activism by Careers360 wasnt liked by the IIPM and its people including the self proclaimed guru Mr.Arindam Choudhury.
What they came up with is only expected of them. First their dean writes in an editorial in print by him about catching a research outfit with their pants down. This outfit was employed by Outlook a few years back(at least I havent seen any surveys by them after 2005). Then he links them up to Mahesh Peri and draws a close which is foolish and ridiculous at the same time. It is no co-incidence that the article was in print a few days after Careers360 broke their tale on the report submitted by the Uttarakhand registrar with scanned copies of the report(in Hindi) with a few select paragrahs translated into english. As I read the editorial, and re-read it again(knowing the context), I was aghast. The extent to which the magazine in print by IIPM(at least funding comes from there as there are no other advertisers but for IIPM and their website is very lowly ranked, meaning it has no readership at all) is apalling. Their sordid saga of lase claims by IIPM have been well doccumented by an international website called www.mba-channel.com
It has also been mentioned by Rashmi Bansal that she has been sued in a court in the north east of india, exactly 5 years after her article has been in print. This has also forced her to remove her article from the web, though genuine and right. But I see Careers360 still carrying the article on their website. http://www.careers360.com/news/3067-IIPM-Best-only-in-claims More power to them.
If I were Careers360 or Mahesh Peri, this is a clear case of slanderous allegations that can be challenged in any court. I wish they do it then giving in to the bullies of IIPM. I must confess that in America, the investigation done by Careers360 and the proof in print by them would have clearly drawn action from the authorities. The complicity between government and industry is well known in India. But, I want to believe that when it concerns the future of a nation and children, the country would behave in a different way. We also need a lot many supporting this produce, like the senior journalist Vir Sanghvi
http://www.virsanghvi.com/CounterPoint-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=340
in the meanwhile, I reckon we need more committed people like Mahesh Peri and magazines like Careers360 to expose the rot in the system than sleep with the enemy of journalim.
Mahesh Peri and Careers360 stand up to IIPM bullying
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