PEC sinks to 85th All India Rank as given by the MHRD

PEC stood at 38th position in 2016 and Thapar University was at 27th position then.

Thanks to the able management, the Thapar University has improved its ranking to 26th in 2017.

Sadly, the PEC has fallen from 38th position to an all time low of 85th position in the latest rankings released by the NIRF (MHRD).

Even Nirma University is better than the PEC at 79th position.

https://www.nirfindia.org/EngineeringRanking.html

It is a matter of great worry for the PEC, its alumni and well-wishers.

Sadly, students no longer want to come to the PEC to do Engineering.

Glory of PEC has gone to dust. Once upon a time, PEC was a coveted Institute and used to be in the top-10 in the country.

The present management seems to have totally failed.
It is high time the Director and other top brass including the Deans are held accountable.
The delinquent heads must roll.

The new Director had released the PEC Anthem with great fanfare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO88NcjK9NI

The Director Shri Manoj Arora wanted to take the PEC की दिशा  प्रकाश की ओर
but sadly he and his team have taken the PEC to total अन्धकार and darkness.

Chandigarh Administration must order an inquiry into the matter.

Student's View about the PEC Faculty: Fall of PEC Students

UGC Inquiry against the PEC

PEC Faculty have demanded UGC inquiry, alleging favoritism, manipulation and violation of UGC rules in CAS promotions, by the PEC Director.

Disturbing Developments at the PEC University of Technology: An appeal to the Alumni

Someone shares his views on the developments taking place at PEC,

"...though I am a bit reluctant, as nothing concrete has been coming out, especially during the last 7-8 years.

However, finally I decided to share my views as the scenario is too bad. It is worth mentioning that I joined the PEC, directly as Professor through UPSC almost 16 years back. I can definitely provide some food for thought for the Alumni  to address the real issues while remembering the glory of past.

PEC University of Technology was just like an old school bus when I joined it in 2001. It was painted afresh and named as PEC (Deemed to be University) in 2003-04 and later renamed as PEC University of Technology in 2009.

Professor Vijay Gupta was put on the Driver’s seat by Chandigarh Administration. After seeing the bus (PEC), he replaced its two rear tires, in one go, which had IIT Kanpur brand. The bus started moving ahead on the hilly terrain of processes of U T Administration to explore, innovate and excel. The faculty got disturbed on the accelerated pace; felt nausea, grouped and regrouped, created disturbances and finally the driver left the bus midway, to its fate.

The Chandigarh administration brought another driver (Prof Manoj Datta) after a year. This time from IIT Delhi. The bus was now on the terrain which had hills on the right side and valleys on the left. The driver from IIT Delhi changed the front left tire with a much a bigger brand tire to ensure that the bus did not fall in the valleys. The bus start climbing the hills on the right while moving forward but kept skidding back, to be on the road again. This continued for five years and thus driver took the bus only a little ahead, wasting a lot of precious fuel of resources and time.

Not happy with the performance, Chandigarh administration brought another young driver (Prof Manoj Arora). This time from IIT Roorkee. This young fellow, inspected the bus and immediately concluded that the fourth tire needs to be replaced as it has completely torn out in comparison to the other three, replaced earlier. Seeing the tires of IIT KANPUR and IIT Delhi brand, and after having detailed deliberation with his flocks he reached to the conclusion to replace the fourth tire with IIT Roorkee brand. He preferred to take his flock in the bus, started driving and accelerating it, in his own way. In no time, the poor PEC bus fell into the valley.

Thank God! It did not get crash and is still moving around, in circles, in the valley.

The flock jumped out the bus and start dancing around it because it was now moving at its own natural pace.

Everybody including the administration is happy because it has now got the stability with an assurance that it can’t fall further. To bring it down further, the flock has to dig by putting energy / effort which this flock is not used to.

So our old bus is now quite safe, moving at its own pace and in its own style, having no concern with the changing world scenario around.

Finally, you all are welcome to ride this bus to see the new statues all around in the campus as now we don’t have any respect for the human beings who actually work.

It is worth noting that on an average 110-130 RTI requests are being made per annum for the last 4 / 5 years just to find out why the bus is not moving uphill and reason out the flock dancing with joy in the valley.

Let the Alumni, fix it with their vast experience, if they can."

Academic Malpractice & Corruption in PEC at its Zenith

PEC Director Dr. Manoj Arora sends 2 appreciation letters to one Faculty adjudged as 'Excellent' in 4 subjects.

But later, the same faculty is rejected for the post of Professor. He is given just 5 marks (out of 20) in the interview and 10 marks (out of 30) in the domain knowledge and tecahing practices.

Those having good relations with the Director are promoted inspite of them being graded as 'below average' or 'average' in teaching.

It seems even God cannot save the PEC from such rampant manipulations, malpractices and corruption.

High time parents of brilliant students stop admitting their wards to this once-upon-a time Great Institudtion which stands totally degraded now.

PEC promotes Below Average Faculty as Full Professors while it rejects Above Average Associate Professors

PEC promotes Below Average and Average Faculty as Full Professors under CAS while it rejects Above Average Associate Professors.

Befooling the NBA team: PEC style

 The  National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India does periodic evaluations of technical institutions & programmes basis according to specified norms and standards as recommended by AICTE council.

NBA team is arriving at the PEC University of Technology to evaluate its various academic programmes, shortly.

These days PEC staff are very busy in preparing for the visit of the NBA. People are working till late in the evenings. They are being provided free food like Pizzas etc. From where will the fund be adjusted for free food?

Take the case of  Metallurgical Engineering Department.

Lot of records in the files are being fudged. 
Old documents are being removed from the files and new documents by signing them in the back date, being inserted in order to befool the NBA team.

It is also reported that Computers from one Laboratory have been removed and put in Applied Sciences Department just for one week when the NBA team will be present. Again the PEC authorities want to befool the NBA team. These computers will be shifted back once the NBA team leaves.
 
The  Dy Director does not take classes but tells her PhD scholars to take classes in her place.

The department is in shambles. Out of  faculty  of 9, 6 are on contract.

The HoD has been promoted as Dy Director of the Institute in an arbitrary manner. Lot of senior faculty has been ignored. The HoD does not take classes and instead her PhD scholars are made to do this job.

One Assistant Professor has a tuition academy in Panchkula. He remains busy in that.

We are left with only one sincere teacher in the regular faculty of  3. He is very senior, even to the HoD. But he failed to do his PhD.

Disturbing Questions

Why are the PEC authorities resorting to unethical and unlawful practices? Is PEC becoming a hub of manipulative practices?

Why does PEC University of Technology  wants to befool the NBA team?

Has individual ambition of the Director and Dy Director superseded the public interest?

Why are the PEC authorities not appointing permanent faculty? Why out of 9, 6 are on contract in the Metallurgical Engg. Department?

Are fictitious bills being raised?

Politicization of the PEC University of Technology began under the present Director.

First time ever local politicians (not holding any constitutional posts  like MP/MLA) were invited by the PEC authorities during an academic function.

Chandigarh BJP President and Area Councillor from Ward-12 were invited at the inauguration of the new academic block on May 20, 2016. See the highlighted text below:-

 His Excellency Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Hon’ble Governor, Punjab and Haryana and Hon’ble Administrator, UT, Chandigarh inaugurated PEC University of Technology’s newly built Academic Block at the university campus here today in the esteemed presence of Smt. Kirron Kher, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Chandigarh. Prof. Arun Gorver, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab University, Sh. Sarvjit Singh, IAS, Finance Secretary, UT Chandigarh, Sh. K K Jindal, IAS, Secretary, Technical Education, UT Chandigarh and Capt. Karnail Singh, PCS, Joint Secretary and Director Technical Education, UT Chandigarh, Area Councillor from Ward-12 Sh. Saurabh Joshi and Chandigarh State BJP President Sh. Sanjay Tandon were also present on the occasion.

For more on the subject, read Hon’ble Administrator Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki inaugurates PEC’s new academic block in presence of MP Smt. Kirron Kher

Why was the inauguration function planned at the last moment on 20 May 2016?

To save the skin of Prof. Manoj Kumar Arora  who had been appointed unlawfully as the Director PEC University of Technology without following the proper procedure. Following were the major flaws:-

·         Wide publicity for the post was not given through advertisement. It was all hush-hush affair.

·         Second interaction meeting was held on May 2, 2013, “by secretly calling some candidates”.
Prof. Pradeep Kumar Garg, a professor at Civil Engineering Department at IIT Roorkee who had applied for the same post too was not called. No reasons were given.

·         Prof Pradeep Kumar Garg was incidentally the teacher of the Dr. Manoj Arora during the latter’s 

      M.Tech.

Feeling aggrieved Prof P K Garg filed a the writ petition in Punjab & Haryana High Court. The court was to deliver the judgment on 20 May 2016. Prof Manoj Arora knew very well that he would lose the case. The only hope for him was to take the help of the local; politicians and the administrators.

As was expected, Prof Manoj Arora did lose the case on 20 May 2016. His unlawful appointment as the Director PEC University of Technology was set aside.
For more on the subject, read
Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside appointment of PEC director M K Arora  


Director after losing the case in the High Court should have stepped down. But Prof Manoj Arora played the cards well. With the support of the Chandigarh Administration and the backing of the BJP, he filed an appeal in the High Court. As was expected, the High Court ordered quashing his appointment on 31 May 2016. 

For more on the subject, read 
HC stays order quashing PEC Director’s appointment  

Now the case is pending and will take few years to be decided. By that time, Dr. Manoj Arora would have completed his tenure of 5 years. 
Very sad state of affairs at the PEC University of Technology!