Mirle Surappa

Dive into assessment of Scientific and Governance Excellence at the level of Individuals /Institutes/ Countries to grasp reasons for our under- performance.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

Respected Minister for S &T I humbly appeal to you to constitute an independent scientific committee outside IIT system having proven expertise & brutally independent to assess the outcomes of those projects. This is a question of nation’s credibility in Research prowess.

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Important for public information!

I would like to update that the third paper on cow research, funded using India's public money under the SUTRA-PIC (Scientific Utilization through Research Augmentation - Prime Products from Indigenous Cows program) has undergone exhaustive post-publication peer review.

The paper was published in Biochemical Engineering Journal this year. The authors are from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad (Jharkhand).

This is the paper:
https://t.co/9niHoCSvEO This study was done in Jharkhand and the total amount of public money given was INR 36,16,859/- (~38500 USD).

As per the study, the researchers transformed ordinary cow dung into a specialized carbon material that highly effectively soaks up toxic chromium pollution from water. Instead of throwing away this metal-filled waste, they successfully reused it to build a working, long-lasting energy storage device called a supercapacitor.

Well, they did not. They made it all up.

Here is a plain-language summary of the fatal flaws found in the paper:

🟡The authors claim their material successfully absorbed a massive amount of toxic chromium—roughly 22% of its total weight. However, their own chemical scan shows the final product contains almost zero chromium (0.09%), making their main conclusion physically impossible.

🟡After testing this material in a battery setup that contains absolutely zero chromium, the reported amount of chromium inside the material mysteriously multiplied by 47 times (from 0.09% to 4.24%). Elements cannot spontaneously generate out of thin air, which strongly indicates the data was fabricated.

🟡The fundamental thermodynamic math used to prove how the material captures pollutants is entirely broken. The reported numbers for energy, heat, and entropy literally do not equal each other when plugged into standard physics equations, heavily suggesting the results were manually made up.

🟡The paper claims hard statistical proof that one type of cow dung is superior to another, but the actual difference between them is a fraction of a percent and mathematically insignificant. Furthermore, the statistical "p-values" they reported are mathematically incorrect for the tests they claim to have run.

And one more point which requires professional image manipulation software for checking - which me or the helping team did not have access to)...

🟡The photos intended to show the physical "coated" battery electrodes appear to be digitally faked. The frayed edges and tape cuts match the uncoated metal so perfectly that it looks like solid black boxes were simply photoshopped over the original image (this is only a basic allegation, needs confirmation).

With this review, I am stopping further such analysis on these so-called cow-research science papers glorifying Indian tradition. These "researchers" and "scientists" should be ashamed of themselves. Real science requires truthful validation, not beggarly applause or promotions from the hands of the "agenda-driven" masters that feed you.

All three papers criticisms have been uploaded to Pub-Peer and official notifications sent to the respective journals and their research integrity teams. Two papers are already under investigation by respective journal.
Please see here: https://t.co/C5cHlJZUas and here: https://t.co/bhNYt0khLv

The science community in India must fight tooth and nail to prevent AYUSH pseudoscience infiltration into their revered STEM institutions. This is not a good thing, moving forward.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@AmalJos95950131 I an keen to see outcome of above 11 research proposals. What would be the impact of outcomes of those proposals on the scientific prowess of India ?. What would be the impact of research publications /patents that emanate from above projects ?

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@Kumarjyoti49291 Do we follow most basics of Governance of much touted IKS. All our NEET and CBSC scandals would not have emerged if we had embed truth and honesty core principles of our IKS.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@TVMohandasPai Good Administrator and good governance are not the same Mr. Pai.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@TVMohandasPai Mr. Pai
IITs are also have not filled up all faculty positions. Vacancies vary anywhere from 30% to 50%. I suggest please raise these fault lines too. Your concern for State Universities is fine. You need to be truly impartial as national leader and absolutely non partisan.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@TISKYAOV @Sunil89625808 Mr. Ranganath
I am glad as a former student of my batchmate in Mysore your cudgels against partisan journalists indeed needs support from responsible civic citizens. Please continue to unearth mis and disinformation irrespective of political parties that fail to standup

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@PMOIndia @narendramodi @EUCouncil @eucopresident @EU_Commission @vonderleyen Dear Prime Minister
It is highly appropriate you have hinted on the lack of trust in politics. Lack of trust, truthfulness and integrity in our higher eduction ecosystem is cause for down sliding of our Universities. In my recent endowment talk I have illustrated this with data

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@RajivMessage Yes certainly we need more honest voices who can put forth hard and truthful facts without getting into partisan politics. Only releasing only selective data is only sign of insecurity.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@ShashiTharoor Now the communication from Pigott is made public. Indian souls will certainly understand the hiatus between rhetoric of our MEA and the realities our inabilities in our proportionate response as a country of 3rd largest economy &fastest growing economy& of largest population.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@ANI @YeDesHaiMera In my opinion VCs should not become spoke person for any politician including PM which ever his political party. This is not healthy tradition. Your task is to run DU and AICTE effectively and ensure their Excellence. Our Academia must take stand to resist sanctity of post of VCs

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@ANI Good number of institutions are showing up in world Ranking. Dr, Yogesh Singh could you please tell me how many are within 100. Being VC you should not be spreading disinformation of this kind. It is true that our infrastructure is better. Please be objective in your analysis

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@KarunaGopal1 We cannot afford to sweep our abysmal record under the carpet. We stand 47/50 in the quality of our research publications amongst top 50 countries. This is not due to lack of talent in India. We do not have enabling ecosystem. Rhetoric claims will only perpetuate our poor standin

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@KarunaGopal1 Projecting ground realities with insights is not negativity. You must rebuke his analysis if you have better understanding of the good data point by point rather than just alluding as negativity. Alternate interpretations must be discussed and debated sign of healthy democracy.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@erbmjha Does winning election is real mark of leadership.
We all aware great leaders in the west losing elections in serial and bouncing back as amazing leaders. You know well this as respected historian

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@narendramodi @dpradhanbjp
Anna University conducted AI proctd digital examination for 5 lakh Engng studs in the year 2019 without any hitch. For the first time for such a large number of students, a digital exam was conducted. Exemplifies what can be achieved by a State Univ

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@jgopikrishnan70 Most importantly as it was COVID period students were permitted to take the examination from anywhere from any device including mobile phone, laptop and desktop.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@jgopikrishnan70 Entire process was planned and executed by the office of Controller of Examination and staff. Required digital platform was hired after thorough due diligence. We demonstrated what can be achieved in a State University without the help of NTA.

[Mirle Surappa @MirleSurappa]

@jgopikrishnan70 Yes. It is true. It is pity we have failed to nurture such talented individuals who have passion to deep dive and unearth such scandals. Apart from talent and acumen for analysis he has shown the spine.