AHMEDABAD: After Ratan Tata revealed how he had refused to pay bribe when he wanted to start an airline service, it was Kiran Bedi's turn to expose a similar case. She recounted a bribe demand by a government official in return for a desirable post in Delhi police at the IIM-A campus on Sunday.
Attending the B-school's annual event Confluence 2010, Bedi disclosed that a government official holding an important position at that time asked for Rs 6 lakh if she wanted a posting in Delhi as her tenure in Mizoram had ended in 1992.
"I refused to pay the amount and asked them to print the money themselves and take it. Because of this, they kept me waiting for nine months and did not assign me any duty after which they finally posted me in Tihar Jail," she said.
Bedi shared these experiences related to corruption while speaking at the valedictory function of IIM-A's business school summit. However, she refrained from sharing the name or identity of the official who demanded the bribe. She said the biggest corruption scams in the country are handiworks of corporates.
"Corporates are corrupting the government" she said, adding, "It is my sincere request that the institute undertakes research to find out why these young talented and educated officers are getting into corruption." According to her, another research must be conducted to find out why these talented bureaucrats corrode and why don't they speak up about corruption before their retirement.
Referring to other issues, which need to be researched she said, "So many engineers are getting into administrative services. Is not it waste of all the skills they learnt as engineers? We need to find out who are better managers; people from arts background or people from the science background."
Source: The Times of India; November 29, 2010
Attending the B-school's annual event Confluence 2010, Bedi disclosed that a government official holding an important position at that time asked for Rs 6 lakh if she wanted a posting in Delhi as her tenure in Mizoram had ended in 1992.
"I refused to pay the amount and asked them to print the money themselves and take it. Because of this, they kept me waiting for nine months and did not assign me any duty after which they finally posted me in Tihar Jail," she said.
Bedi shared these experiences related to corruption while speaking at the valedictory function of IIM-A's business school summit. However, she refrained from sharing the name or identity of the official who demanded the bribe. She said the biggest corruption scams in the country are handiworks of corporates.
"Corporates are corrupting the government" she said, adding, "It is my sincere request that the institute undertakes research to find out why these young talented and educated officers are getting into corruption." According to her, another research must be conducted to find out why these talented bureaucrats corrode and why don't they speak up about corruption before their retirement.
Referring to other issues, which need to be researched she said, "So many engineers are getting into administrative services. Is not it waste of all the skills they learnt as engineers? We need to find out who are better managers; people from arts background or people from the science background."
Source: The Times of India; November 29, 2010
