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Appa Rao Podile made fellow of science academy that published his problem paper – some questions

Appa Rao Podile, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, has been elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in spite of one of his three papers – which The Wire had identified in April 2016 as containing evidence of … Continue reading

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The Indian Science Congress has gutted its own award by giving it to Appa Rao Podile

An award of the Indian Science Congress has become subverted into becoming an instrument of negotiation for political agents: “You let me interfere in your duties, I will give you a fancy-sounding award”. Continue reading

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Podile, plagiarism, politics

If Appa Rao is the first politically appointed VC at the University of Hyderabad, how can anything he does not be examined through a political lens? Continue reading

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