Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award

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From: kalyan panda <kalyan...@yahoo.co.in>

Subject  Request for nominations for the

Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award

 

Dear All,

All of you are likely to recall the exemplary life

and tragic death of Mr Satyendra K Dubey (BT/CE/1994)

our alumnus. IIT Kanpur has created the

Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award in his honour.

The details of the award are appended below.

Any alumnus/faculty/staff can nominate any alumnus of any IIT for the
award, which will be given to one who has distinguished
himself/herself by
displaying the highest professional integrity for upholding the human
values.

All of you are requested to give nominations of people you think
deserve
this award. Nominations should reach us by post or email on or before
October 15, 2005 at the addresses mentioned below:

Secretary, Alumni Association
210, SAC Building
IIT Kanpur
KANPUR - 208016
or
alu...@iitk.ac.in
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SATYENDRA K DUBEY MEMORIAL AWARD

INTRODUCTION: This award has been instituted by IIT Kanpur in memory
of
its alumnus Satyendra K Dubey (BT/CE/94) who gave his life to uphold
the
integrity and dignity of his profession. The award is to be conferred
every year along with the Distinguished Alumnus Award Ceremony
(usually
held in late December or early January).

ELIGIBILITY: An alumnus of any IIT who has distinguished himself by
displaying the highest professional integrity in upholding human
values.

NOMINATIONS: nominations can be made by any alumnus/faculty/staff of
any
IIT addressed to the Secretary, Alumni Association, 210 SAC
Building, IIT
Kanpur, Kanpur - 208 016 by post or by email addressed to
alu...@iitk.ac.in to reach on or before October 15, 2005.

BIO-GRAPHICAL NOTE ON MR SATYENDRA K DUBEY
Former Deputy General Manager/Project Director,
Koderma Project Implementation Unit, National Highway Authorities of
India
(NHAI)

Born in a small village in Sewan (Bihar), Mr Satyendra Kumar Dubey
studied
in a village school before successfully competing in the IIT joint
entrance exam. He graduated from IIT Kanpur with a B Tech degree in
Civil
Engineering in 1994 with second position in his class. Fuelled by his
desire of contributing to public welfare, Mr Dubey chose to join the
Indian Engineering Services as opposed to pursuing a glittering
corporate
career or greener pastures abroad. In July 2002, he was posted as an
Assistant Project Manager at the National Highway Authority of India
(NHAI). Honest and dedicated, Mr Dubey made his mark on the Rs 450
crore
highway stretch.

He used to ride his bicycle to the quarry to inspect the quality of
stone
and other equipment to enforce commitment to contracts. He never
compromised on quality and once forced a contractor to reconstruct a
6 km
stretch of highway after discovering inferior work. Mr Dubey
invariably
visited work sites several times a week, instead of the usual
practice of
once in some months. While posted at Gaya on a project, he once got
three
engineers suspended for mishandling of funds.

Mr Dubey was selected as the Deputy General Manager/Project Director
of
the Koderma Project Implementation Unit to handle the 5,200 km
stretch in
the Golden Quadrilateral Corridor Project. A dreadful fate however
awaited
the courageous and upright young man. While travelling by rickshaw
to his
house from railway station on the morning of November 27, 2003, Mr
Dubey
was murdered and was found lying near A P colony in Gaya, shot dead
by a
highly sophisticated weapon. It appears that some people who found it
inconvenient to have Mr Dubey as the Project Director eliminated him.

Mr Dubey did what he did despite of personal consequences, obstacles,
dangers and pressures. In recognition of his honesty, integrity,
dedicated
service and upright behaviour in public life, the Satyendra K Dubey
Memorial Award has been instituted by IIT Kanpur.

KALYAN PANDA  MUMBAI  INDIA    91 9323782617  www.skdubeyfoundation.org

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[Anand]

this is what happens to ppl who live by the values in India. Have u heard such stuff anywhere else on earth. Have the ppl who murdered him even been caught, let alone punished. U serve ur country, or rather u think so, but in reality u are serving no one. Not even the damn politicians who like to pocket big bucks on road projects. U are not serving urself., cause u are getting killed, that means ur family is left stranded.

 

I'll ask everyone a question. If u were in Satyendra Dubey's position, what would u have done?

 

I don't know if i should be saying this, but I would have thrown my professional values into the bin. I would not accept bribes or sorts, but i would do what the political pressure demands. What is the point? who are u trying to help by sticking  2 ur values? what value is it if u r dead? I might get an award named after me after i am dead. But does that bring my love to my family back? IF 1 billion indians hold true to their values, i would hold my values too. Besides how many will remember satyendra dubey? Today, 4 a few more days, cause this email affects u. Then, its life as usual.

 

I would rather live than die, u get screwed anyways, so WHAT IS THE POINT?

 

Anand.