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Day 43

Day 43 (19th November)

Lectures resumed after 2-week recess for Diwali. How I have been waiting for this day! I began by telling a story, a real life account, of how I handled an examination malpractice case a decade ago, as the controller of examination in our professional body. I had got the centre debarred from conducting examinations for 2 years on account of dubious invigilation. It was one of my proudest moments in life. Having established my allergy against copying in examinations, I dwelt upon the present case. How it had amused, angered and saddened me. Minced no words in telling them that the world needs honest citizens and not dishonest engineers. The dishonest students have benn given time till the end of this week to confess and accept the consequences of their wrongdoing, failing which, I would escalate it to higher authorities with evidence. I have also started to think about a cheat-proof question paper for the final examination. Really excited by this.


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