First: a resounding standing ovation to Gaurav Sabnis for refusing to be cowed down by the venal IIPM’s hectoring tactics. A second round of ovation also for displaying courage that is rare in these days of cynicism: electing to quit from his job. The Indian blogworld has risen to the occasion: Gaurav has received support the magnitude of which is really unprecedented.

It would rather be stale on my part to repeat the sordid saga of IIPM’s false promises, and outright lies about its offerings. Desipundit has done–as usual–a terrific job of aggregating links to all blogs that have expressed their support to Gaurav. This blog is also on Gaurav’s side, hats off Gaurav for doing what you did. It strikes me rather unusual for a public entity to be openly brazen: from the dubitable educational qualifications of Arindam Chaudhuri to (mis)using Aaj Tak’s name (wake up, Aaj Tak!), IIPM has blazed a trail of deceit.

To contribute my bit, here’s a partial list of bloggers who are in the fight against Indian Institute of Phony Management:
Patrix
Amit Varma
Nitin
Secular Right
Falstaff
Nilu
Selective Amnesia
Gigaom
Mridula

Let’s take this battle against IIPM’s goondaism further. I propose likeminded bloggers to get together and create two Google bombs, one for Arindam Chaudhuri and the other for IIPM so they’re exposed to the world for what they’re worth. Out with your thinking caps…