New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur (IIT-K), the organizer of the IIT - Joint Entrance Examination 2011, will investigate into the charge of copying reported at the Bhatinda centre last Sunday.
Sanjay Dhande, Director of IIT-Kanpur, has written to the Delhi Zone of the Joint Admission Board asking it to conduct a detailed inquiry into the complaint. Dhande has said, it (the complaint) is of a serious nature and he will investigate the matter completely. However, it needs to be pointed out that the Bhatinda centre falls under IIT-Roorkee and not IIT-Delhi as Dhande has written.
As per sources, the complaint was made by a candidate Vipin Gupta who alleged that at his centre, Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, there was a clear case of copying. He said that one candidate daughter of a college staff was helped by an invigilator. He also alleged that the invigilator went out and brought some sheets of paper and started dictating answers to the girl. Gupta also alleged that the invigilator later helped other candidates.
However, college Principal TS Sidhu denied the charge. He said the candidate was only helped in filling up the Optic Response Sheet. However, this itself is against the regulations which say that from 8.30 am to 9.00 am, the candidates will fill up their ORS and invigilators will verify and attest each candidate's answer booklet. Otherwise, the candidates hardly have any time to fill up the ORS later.
Moreover, sources informed that in 2008, a case of mass copying was reported from the Kota centre. The Joint Admission Board later decided to cancel Kota as a centre for IIT-JEE. The position has not changed till today.
