Often at JGLS we hear professors and admin say "Dr Sahni's decision is this", "Dr Sahni wants that" etc. At every other event the VC says "Thanks to Dr Sahni", "All because of Dr Sahni" etc. But what is Dr Sahni's exact role and why is he so influential? His official bio (as seen below) says that he is a Member of the Governing Body and Advisor to the Vice Chancellor, plus he was Head of HR at Jindal Steel before joining JGLS. But this still does not explain why he is so influential. He is not a lawyer and has a PhD from Punjab University in psychology. Does anyone have the inside story here?
Yes, he is the link between the VC and Naveen Jindal, much more powerful than the VC. He is the final word on finances, scholarships, faculty hires, promotions, everything.
As others have already said, he's very close to Naveen Jindal and that's the only reason he's there. Sort of, to counter the VC's power and balance it (read: make sure VC doesn't become more important than the university itself/Jindal himself).
โฎโฎโฎ though he had worked briefly in SAI and describes himself as a "former bureaucrat" - โฎโฎโฎ
โฎโฎโฎ draconian measures of campus that are implemented actually come from his office (not sure if this is true still, I'm talking about 5+ years ago). He was also quite openly against Murthy, the then-Registrar. All-in-all โฎโฎโฎ
He also has an acute lack of how modern education is supposed to work, a university's role in a student's life, and what a student's liberties are/mean. In my assessment, if permitted to hit students with canes like they do in government schools, he'll implement it.
โฎโฎโฎ taken his elective. Thankfully I wasn't one of them. If this guy is not longer part of JGU. Then it can make huge strides of progress. Sahni and the current registrar are the ones holding the university back. Murthy was a really good guy.
I think Dr. Sahni has a played a huge part in where JGLS and Jindal University at large stands today. Thatโs why he has such a say in uni as a whole. He is no doubt a man who can be conceived as being strict but that is perhaps what it requires to make such institutions. You cannot rely only on good cops. You need someone who has a hard exteriority in a bid to smoothly run such humongous shows!
I have been a teaching assistant with Dr.Sahni and I feel amused with what is being posted here. He is very helpful sweet and accessible. Having worked with him for almost a year i feel he has to be one of the best profs in the uni. He often goes way beyond his way to help the students in both academic and non academic affairs
True story. My friends and I were entering the Jindal campus one day. Some had drunk too much and you could clearly smell the alcohol. A guard who was a noob caught us and said he was going to report us. As the guard was a noob, one of my friends (with balls of steel) took a chance as said "Do you know who I am? I am Dr Sahni's nephew!" The guard let us through ๐
How old are you? That guard didnโt report you cause you outsmarted it . That guard didnโt report you cause heโs poor and you threaten him with power. And you insulted him by not even trying to hide the drunken behaviour.
Is this how jgls students think and talk? How very disappointing.
What do you mean "good cops"? No one needs good cops or bad cops. You need administrators who are honest, sincere, sensible, fair, reasonable and compassionate.
I have taken numerous classes of his and he is a wonderful professor. Dr. Sahni is an intellectual visionary - very passionate about his area of study/research and someone whoโs genuinely invested in his students. If you were to take one class of his, I would highly recommend Criminal Psychology. Itโs the most popular elective and for good reason. His centre, JIBS, is involved in some terrific research projects. All in all, one of my favorite professors at JGU. Humble, caring and empathetic.
Er... are you serious? Everyone I know takes that course only because of grade inflation. Some very problematic comments have been made in that course which don't belong in the 21st century and have been discredited by modern scientists.
I agree with this. The previous comment just seems like Sahni's personal PR exercise.
And my personal judgement of his character is - purely on the basis of my interactions with him - that he can actually tell his minions to go out and make positive comments on this thread.
https://jgu.edu.in/jgls/faculty/prof-dr-sanjeev-p-sahni/
โฎโฎโฎ though he had worked briefly in SAI and describes himself as a "former bureaucrat" - โฎโฎโฎ
โฎโฎโฎ draconian measures of campus that are implemented actually come from his office (not sure if this is true still, I'm talking about 5+ years ago). He was also quite openly against Murthy, the then-Registrar. All-in-all โฎโฎโฎ
He also has an acute lack of how modern education is supposed to work, a university's role in a student's life, and what a student's liberties are/mean. In my assessment, if permitted to hit students with canes like they do in government schools, he'll implement it.
- Naveen Jindal: King
- Sahni: Hand of the King
- Raj: Knight
Is this how jgls students think and talk? How very disappointing.
And my personal judgement of his character is - purely on the basis of my interactions with him - that he can actually tell his minions to go out and make positive comments on this thread.