The person who has made the difference is Purandeswari Rao, MoS, HRD
Without her, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the boss of Telugu Desam Chandrababu Naidu could have effortlessly claimed the mantle of N.T.Rama Rao. But Purandeswari Rao is one daughter who maintained her own identity despite keeping a low profile. Not many know this, but this Lok Sabha M.P from Andhra was handpicked by Manmohan Singh to ‘continue’ as the Minister of State for HRD with the Higher Education portfolio. Not many also know the fact that the arrest of the AICTE officials, the raids on their houses and the opening of the AICTE can of worms was launched officially more than 2 years ago when she was HRD Minister in the previous UPA regime. Shocked at the kind of rackets run by top AICTE officials that victimized people like Bansal, Rao wrote a formal letter to her immediate boss Arjun Singh highlighting how AICTE honchos were minting money left, right and centre. She even specified in her letter how AICTE took literally no time to acknowledge a request from a college to reduce the number of seats while it promptly sat on a request that asked for a hike in the number of seats. This is the same problem that was faced by Kidar Bansal. Though highly regarded as a can do politician and one of the rare honest ones who would rather spend time on literature and Bharatnatyam, the mother of two was helpless against the inflexible attitude of her boss Arjun Singh. Nor would she ever speak publicly about her disappointment when no action was taken despite such a strong letter from her.
Without her, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the boss of Telugu Desam Chandrababu Naidu could have effortlessly claimed the mantle of N.T.Rama Rao. But Purandeswari Rao is one daughter who maintained her own identity despite keeping a low profile. Not many know this, but this Lok Sabha M.P from Andhra was handpicked by Manmohan Singh to ‘continue’ as the Minister of State for HRD with the Higher Education portfolio. Not many also know the fact that the arrest of the AICTE officials, the raids on their houses and the opening of the AICTE can of worms was launched officially more than 2 years ago when she was HRD Minister in the previous UPA regime. Shocked at the kind of rackets run by top AICTE officials that victimized people like Bansal, Rao wrote a formal letter to her immediate boss Arjun Singh highlighting how AICTE honchos were minting money left, right and centre. She even specified in her letter how AICTE took literally no time to acknowledge a request from a college to reduce the number of seats while it promptly sat on a request that asked for a hike in the number of seats. This is the same problem that was faced by Kidar Bansal. Though highly regarded as a can do politician and one of the rare honest ones who would rather spend time on literature and Bharatnatyam, the mother of two was helpless against the inflexible attitude of her boss Arjun Singh. Nor would she ever speak publicly about her disappointment when no action was taken despite such a strong letter from her.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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