In a sad display of the level of corruption in our country, the former Director of the National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (UP) Rakesh Tulli, inspite of complaints of illegal activities and forgery, by the Prime Minister, Parlimentarian, Maneka Gandhi, Murli Manohar Joshi, CBI and High Court, was made the Director of the National Agro Food Biotechnological Institute in February. After illegal transactions worth crores since 2005, when he became the Director, it didn't take him long to jump bases to NABI from NBRI, Lucknow after his scam was exposed. Through forged documents, fake names and deceit, he managed to "write off" equipment worth about to one crore which never actually arrived at the laboratories. Moreover, he even faked his qualifications for the post. For instance, he has an M.Sc. degree in only 1 subject as opposed to 3. He prophesied a Ph.D. from Gujrat University, even though the university denies ever awarding class distinctions to Ph.D. scholars.
It is obvious that Dr. Rakesh Tulli has mislead the scientific community and stolen away public money for his own personal greed. Youth organization, Project Vijay has been reaching out to every medium from CBI to the Government in a bit to end this horrifying case of corruption. It is hoped that strict action will be taken against him instead of allowing him to run free and continue being a liability to our nation.
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