#MeToo effect: IISc forces Senior Professor into compulsory retirement
Bengaluru, October 31: As it was found guilty in a sexual harassment case in an investigation, a senior professor of the prestigious Indian Institute of Sciences was booted out from the institution.
Chemical engineer Giridhar Madras was known as one of the best scientists in the world.
He has been working in the IISc for two decades. He has got engineering degree in chemical engineering from Annamalai University in 1988 and got M-Tech degree from IIT Madras in 1989 and got Phd degree from A and M University of Texas in 1993.
"Our Board has directed Prof. Madras to take compulsory retirement", IISc Director Anurag Kumar announced. But he denied to disclose the issues.
Earlier also IISc Board had given such orders. Prof. Madras has got various prestigious awards like IISc Award for Excellence in Research, SS Bhatnagar award, Scopus Young Scientist award and others.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
