Chitchat NTU/A*Star sacks FT Prof and PHD of Student revoked

Singapore never learns. Second FT Prof to go. The first prof sacked is now back in China. I think we spend more resources checking their work then getting the actual work if any done. This guy will eventually land in the US and carrying on doing what he did.


http://theindependent.sg/india-trai...wilful-negligence-in-research-oversight/India trained professor sacked by NTU for wilful negligence in research oversight
By The Independent - July 14, 2016 35 3101
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has terminated the employment of one of its professors, Ravi Kambadur, at both the university and A*STAR. Explaining the termination NTU said in its statement dated 13 Jul that the professor had been willfully negligent in directing a research group he was leading.

Prof Kambadur holds several qualifications from India, the highest being a PhD (Biochem) from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

The institution of higher learning Prof Kambadur graduated from, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), had been embroiled in a cheating controversy in the past.

An Indian publication, Tribune reported in 2013 that India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) unearthed a well-organised cheating racket during an MD (medical doctorate) entrance examination at PGI in late 2012. CBI rounded up seven woman and seven men. They were accused of using bluetooth devices and mobile phones to cheat in the examination.

NTU decided to prematurely terminate the professor’s contract after investigations into allegations of malpractice in research, which resulted in three retractions of papers, one withdrawal and two corrections.

The university’s investigations also resulted in NTU revoking a doctorate awarded to one of its post-graduate student Sudarsanreddy Lokireddy, also an Indian national.

NTU’s statement suggests that not only Mr Lokireddy and Prof Kambadur but some of its other researchers too may be implicated and eventually penalised because of the findings of its investigations.

Tip of the iceberg. There are certainly far more serious cases around.

Leongsam said:

Tip of the iceberg. There are certainly far more serious cases around.

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Singapore has reached a crticial and errorneous move of signing pact with india to ship all their faked-talent into Singapore by hundred of thousands. To get rid of them now is a great challenge. The fake talented children has brought their whole family by train load into Singapore. No wonder our SMRT cannot take the stress and our transport system has became 3rd world system. Furthermore, our lift kept breaking down, the HDB has produced poor quality workmanship resulted in leaking, cracking, mice were everywhere, hygiene became an issue...all because of all these fake talent doing all these jobs.

The biggest cheaters got cheated by FT, its been a long time coming.

Tats y Ang moh bestest.hang these buggers as a warning n the rot will stop

Its pretty bad. There are number of research teams involved and its collaborative effort by researchers from NTU, NUS and A*Star. All the teams involved are entirely made up of FTs, all Indians except for one a Kiwi Doctor. Next to go is an Indian female Doctor who is an AP, got her degrees in Madras Uni and PHD here. Not a single Singaporean at all in the teams impacted, though some might have acquired citizenship. So far 3 teams embroiled in this.

The guy whose PHD has been revoked is now working in Harvard Medical School.

It shows that they use Singapore as a springboard. Obviously they look after themselves. You can get into the likes of Harvard Medical School and work there unless you had solid recommendations from their superiors who are their own countrymen. The Americans and Western countries probably thought that as they are associated with A*Star and Singapore, it must be strict, squeaky clean and high standards.

Seriously how many Singaporeans have gone on to places like Harvard on the back of our own organisations.

MDA already got one fake india talent. Unfortunately, her boss thought she was talented and fought to keep her despite social media's outing her as fake as toilet roll.

A*Star, 6 years after its formation in 2000, realised that they gave away too many scholarships and created an impression that was good for impressionable 18 year olds. They then amended the bond terms in favour of the recipients so that those who are keen to leave can do so. Unfortunately the principal amount cannot be fiddled with, only the interest and qualifying period. In the case of a PHD students who started from scratch it can reach up to $750K. Only those with rich parents can afford it. Some of them have no interest or realised that it is not what they are good at but can't leave. There are hundreds of appeal letters to allow them to transfer to various govt bodies but it is not simple as that. The cost has to be recovered and there is also question of suitability. Some of these appeal letters have been accompanied by medical and psychological support notes from their bondholders doctors. In the meantime we are paying them a high salaries and very little in output and passion. It has been a major dilemma.

The foreigners have nothing to lose and they have learnt to be nimble to survive. For them "whatever it takes" has become the mantra.

Leongsam said:

Tip of the iceberg. There are certainly far more serious cases around.

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So! Who's responsible to commit Harakiri for all these fraud cases, surely millions in salaries added up were paid to these fraudsters?

A*Star, brainchild of Philip Yeo and Old Man during the PMship of GCT. It's the same Philip Yeo who bought the Delifrance Chain to complement Sembawang Engineering.

When LHL became PM, he chaired the main body. He quietly moved away when he realised that it was becoming a political liability. None in Admin Service wants to touch it. So much so that they had get some of the researchers to do management and senior admin role. One former Singaporean researcher is handling procurement which runs into millions. The research gravitas has moved back to NUS and NTU and A*Star researchers are now attached to groups led by NUS and NTU. No father and no mother.

shittypore said:

So! Who's responsible to commit Harakiri for all these fraud cases, surely millions in salaries added up were paid to these fraudsters?

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scroobal said:

A*Star, 6 years after its formation in 2000, realised that they gave away too many scholarships and created an impression that was good for impressionable 18 year olds. They then amended the bond terms in favour of the recipients so that those who are keen to leave can do so. Unfortunately the principal amount cannot be fiddled with, only the interest and qualifying period. In the case of a PHD students who started from scratch it can reach up to $750K. Only those with rich parents can afford it. Some of them have no interest or realised that it is not what they are good at but can't leave. There are hundreds of appeal letters to allow them to transfer to various govt bodies but it is not simple as that. The cost has to be recovered and there is also question of suitability. Some of these appeal letters have been accompanied by medical and psychological support notes from their bondholders doctors. In the meantime we are paying them a high salaries and very little in output and passion. It has been a major dilemma.

The foreigners have nothing to lose and they have learnt to be nimble to survive. For them "whatever it takes" has become the mantra.

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This is a serious loss of economic output if the top minds of a country are bonded and stuck in jobs they hate, especially at the prime of their lives. The scholarship system is obviously broken in terms of allocating human resources appropriately.

but such out comes are to be expected in dystopia. Nothing new.

shittypore said:

The biggest cheaters got cheated by FT, its been a long time coming.

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"someone" has to open the doors for these 'snakes' to come in to feed.....that "someone" proudly will tell you, the 70% endorses the welcome of the "snakes" & it is their Privilege to feed them ( the "snakes").

It is a National duty, not to panic & get xenophobic....they create CHOPS..oops! jobs for the 70%...:p

It was doomed to fail from the beginning. It was based on mental masturbation after seeing towers filled with thousands of PHD holders in Houston. They probably thought they could do it here for cheaper and claim racial ties for closeness. But in essence, it was just another f-ed up dream by low level people with foreign government qualification grants (you really think they earned it?) that they were more than they were.

You put it very well. Philip Yeo background is engineering and his career formative years though in policy was to drive output and productivity in the arena of manufacturing and engineering - read Ford Automobile factory where automation and numbers were key. In research especially in medicine and biological sciences, its a long germination period with dedicated and passionate individuals involved. The KPIs are totally different. His approach was to throw the kitchen sink and there would bound to be some areas of success. Old Man's daughter was the first to call it out as she was close to the discipline. And she called it out in the first year. She was proved right. Imagine the first 2 years they were literally applying for hundreds of patents. Backyard inventors do hold many patents but they are of no practical or economic value. That is the situation we are facing. The A*Star in-house patent lawyer is still there but for his own career development, he is now heading all of their corporate management and admin functions. If our patents were turning out value, he would be swamped with legal work as deals have to be struck, royalties agreed, lawsuits from other similar patent holders need to be addressed etc. So there is conveyor belt applying for patents and nothing else.

I remember one case reported in the press where the scholarship bond holder with a PHD asked to be transferred to National Arts Council to lead dancing as she had no aptitude and passion for science research. She appealed all over. She is still in A*Star waiting for her bond to finish.

What they should have done is pick niches and seed with proven researchers from other countries as catalyst. Award only post grad scholarships from proven junior researchers.

By now you see a similar pattern to how they tackled Suzhou. Go big and fail big. Old man at least revealed where we fucked up. His son will go missing and write FB articles on grassroots aunties and taking selfies with PA community activists.

yangtzejiang said:

This is a serious loss of economic output if the top minds of a country are bonded and stuck in jobs they hate, especially at the prime of their lives. The scholarship system is obviously broken in terms of allocating human resources appropriately.

but such out comes are to be expected in dystopia. Nothing new.

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scroobal said:

You put it very well. Philip Yeo background is engineering and his career formative years though in policy was to drive output and productivity in the arena of manufacturing and engineering - read Ford Automobile factory where automation and numbers were key. In research especially in medicine and biological sciences, its a long germination period with dedicated and passionate individuals involved. The KPIs are totally different. His approach was to throw the kitchen sink and there would bound to be some areas of success. Old Man's daughter was the first to call it out as she was close to the discipline. And she called it out in the first year. She was proved right. Imagine the first 2 years they were literally applying for hundreds of patents. Backyard inventors do hold many patents but they are of no practical or economic value. That is the situation we are facing. The A*Star in-house patent lawyer is still there but for his own career development, he is now heading all of their corporate management and admin functions. If our patents were turning out value, he would be swamped with legal work as deals have to be struck, royalties agreed, lawsuits from other similar patent holders need to be addressed etc. So there is conveyor belt applying for patents and nothing else.

I remember one case reported in the press where the scholarship bond holder with a PHD asked to be transferred to National Arts Council to lead dancing as she had no aptitude and passion for science research. She appealed all over. She is still in A*Star waiting for her bond to finish.

What they should have done is pick niches and seed with proven researchers from other countries as catalyst. Award only post grad scholarships from proven junior researchers.

By now you see a similar pattern to how they tackled Suzhou. Go big and fail big. Old man at least revealed where we fucked up. His son will go missing and write FB articles on grassroots aunties and taking selfies with PA community activists.

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Please add, jumping in Rasputin land, with the rear end doctor & others....searching for the lost "merlion" in Japan....last heard he was trying to get a seance with Kublai Khan in Mongolia....

While "rome burn, nero is playing the violin"...

Knowing his engineering cert was worthless after all his cock ups, he turn into a matchmaker which did save him frm being disposed.

scroobal said:

Its pretty bad. There are number of research teams involved and its collaborative effort by researchers from NTU, NUS and A*Star. All the teams involved are entirely made up of FTs, all Indians except for one a Kiwi Doctor. Next to go is an Indian female Doctor who is an AP, got her degrees in Madras Uni and PHD here. Not a single Singaporean at all in the teams impacted, though some might have acquired citizenship. So far 3 teams embroiled in this.

The guy whose PHD has been revoked is now working in Harvard Medical School.

It shows that they use Singapore as a springboard. Obviously they look after themselves. You can get into the likes of Harvard Medical School and work there unless you had solid recommendations from their superiors who are their own countrymen. The Americans and Western countries probably thought that as they are associated with A*Star and Singapore, it must be strict, squeaky clean and high standards.

Seriously how many Singaporeans have gone on to places like Harvard on the back of our own organisations.

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This is not a bad scenario. Introducing "virus" in the form of fake experts into the USA. Good for China, Russia, Japan.

Reddog said:

This is not a bad scenario. Introducing "virus" in the form of fake experts into the USA. Good for China, Russia, Japan.

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Remember in 2003, when there was a SARS outbreak & the timing coincides with the Joint Forces invasion of IRAQ?. Didn't one Russian scientist said, that SARS was a laboratory incubated virus? & that report, was soon hushed up.

The US has critical mass to absorb this lot without hurting themselves. They have a proven track of innovation across multiple disciplines with recognised experts and potential home grown talent in the pipeline. We can't. These guys primary aim is not to excel in their field if they did they would not have cheated. They just wanted to get across to the US and other advanced countries and Singapore paid for it.

I remember nearly 10 years ago there was a story of a PRC nurse who worked in Singapore, got her ticket and moved to Melbourne. She bought a house and a Toyota Camry.

These stories are have the same theme. Its never was Singapore.

Reddog said:

This is not a bad scenario. Introducing "virus" in the form of fake experts into the USA. Good for China, Russia, Japan.

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Scroobal, this is no surprise. 13 years ago when the forum was filled with more intellectuals I learned many things. Many of the predictions made by the group including yourself have all come true.

1) Singapore will be filled with foreigners and super crowded and will get more crowded.
2) Singaporeans will lose jobs to foreigners even the low end jobs
3) Singapore's PAP govt will run Singapore into the ground. Especially after LKY is dead
4) Singapore is a stepping stone country and this will come to fore even more in the future with the fake FTs
5) Singapore's CPF and Temasek is bankrupt (well this one almost coming true) You know they are desperate when they send Canadians to demand $58 for Medishield Life for the children of these Canadians who are not allowed to renounce citizenship till they are 21 (male and female). I mean seriously?

The only prediction we all got wrong were election results. 2006 came and went. Remember the big crowd at Hougang?

Well my interaction with the man on the street told me how stupid Singaporeans are. Naive. Ignorant. Daft.

Examples like "GST increase is ONLY 2% lah!" GST increase from 5% to 7% is actually a 40% increase.

Other things like the lady who was complaining about medical costs to me how expensive etc and then I told her yes that is why vote for WP! She goes "Shhhhh......" with her finger to her lips and say "You want to die ar?" This all in the medical consult room with no one else with us.

Also the time when I get called to come out of clinic. I ask why? "Lim Hng Kiang MP coming leh! Go greet him!" I reply "WTF? I don't give a shit" I can still remember the look on the grassroots guy's face. Both shocked and disgusted.

13 years ago I concluded that Singapore is a tiny red dot. And the people are hopeless. It was not a place and people worth fighting for.

All the news merely reinforces the wise decision I made all those years ago. I am damn glad I got out of that shit hole.

Those who continue to complain and post here without doing anything.......sorry bubs.......you're just being Singaporean.