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18-04-2015, 01:10 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
IDA SAYS MUMBAI UNIVERSITY IS A "REPUTABLE" UNIVERSITY
Post date:
17 Apr 2015 - 11:43am
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The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has come out to further defend one of their staff who has a degree from a known degree mill.
Nisha Padmanabhan was previously an Indian national who has become a Singaporean citizen. She has a degree from the Southern Pacific University.
The university was previously closed down in Hawaii because it was facing several lawsuits and was criticised for its shoddy business practices.
However, IDA is now insisting that Ms Nisha is from a "reputable" university and is distancing itself from the Southern Pacific University.
"We have investigated and would like to share that Nisha Padmanabhan, a Singapore citizen who joined IDA in 2014, has a Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university and was recruited because of this Bachelor degree, extensive past work experience and good track record," IDA said.
The "reputable" university in question is the University of Mumbai where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication.
However, the Mumbai University is not ranked in the top 500 in both the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education Top 400 World University Rankings 2014-2015.
IDA then tried to distance itself from the Southern Pacific University and said that it did not take that into consideration for her employment.
"Nisha pursued an MBA out of personal interest, and it was not a relevant certificate for her position in IDA though she was open about the fact that she had obtained it," IDA added.
"Her MBA from Southern Pacific University was not a factor that contributed to her employment at IDA. In fact, 93.5% of all IDA staff that were hired at the level of Applications Consultant were based on their Bachelor’s degree.
It would appear to be weird that in trying to defend her, IDA would first claim that they ignore her other qualifications and also tried to bring out the statistics that in their hiring, they also only consider the Bachelor’s degrees of their those who were hired and not their other qualifications.
That then begs the question - does IDA not look at the integrity of their candidates in their hiring. If any of their workers were hired if they were do undergo unethical methods to obtain a degree, this should be questionable, whether or not the IDA's decision to hire them is only based on some qualifications?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?204947-Ida-says-mumbai-university-is-a-quot-reputable-quot-university&goto=newpost).
IDA SAYS MUMBAI UNIVERSITY IS A "REPUTABLE" UNIVERSITY
Post date:
17 Apr 2015 - 11:43am
http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/IDA.png?itok=qaudAweL (http://therealsingapore.com/sites/default/files/field/image/IDA.png)
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has come out to further defend one of their staff who has a degree from a known degree mill.
Nisha Padmanabhan was previously an Indian national who has become a Singaporean citizen. She has a degree from the Southern Pacific University.
The university was previously closed down in Hawaii because it was facing several lawsuits and was criticised for its shoddy business practices.
However, IDA is now insisting that Ms Nisha is from a "reputable" university and is distancing itself from the Southern Pacific University.
"We have investigated and would like to share that Nisha Padmanabhan, a Singapore citizen who joined IDA in 2014, has a Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university and was recruited because of this Bachelor degree, extensive past work experience and good track record," IDA said.
The "reputable" university in question is the University of Mumbai where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunication.
However, the Mumbai University is not ranked in the top 500 in both the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education Top 400 World University Rankings 2014-2015.
IDA then tried to distance itself from the Southern Pacific University and said that it did not take that into consideration for her employment.
"Nisha pursued an MBA out of personal interest, and it was not a relevant certificate for her position in IDA though she was open about the fact that she had obtained it," IDA added.
"Her MBA from Southern Pacific University was not a factor that contributed to her employment at IDA. In fact, 93.5% of all IDA staff that were hired at the level of Applications Consultant were based on their Bachelor’s degree.
It would appear to be weird that in trying to defend her, IDA would first claim that they ignore her other qualifications and also tried to bring out the statistics that in their hiring, they also only consider the Bachelor’s degrees of their those who were hired and not their other qualifications.
That then begs the question - does IDA not look at the integrity of their candidates in their hiring. If any of their workers were hired if they were do undergo unethical methods to obtain a degree, this should be questionable, whether or not the IDA's decision to hire them is only based on some qualifications?
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?204947-Ida-says-mumbai-university-is-a-quot-reputable-quot-university&goto=newpost).