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 * 15:30, 11 October 2005 on Indian Institute of Planning and Management by User:59.145.136.1.


 * Few months ago a youth magazine, JAM, edited by an indian blogger Rashmi Bansal, did a story exposing some of the claims made by IIPM, a local business school in India. Gaurav Sabnis, a popular indian blogger, linked to that article. Three months later, IIPM threatened to sue Gaurav for libel if the said postings are not removed from his blog. When Gaurav refused to remove his postings, in a bizzaire move, IIPM contacted his employer, IBM, and threatened to publicly burn the IBM Thinkpads they had purchased from IBM unless the posts are removed. Gaurav said he believes in free speech, and was not pressurized by IBM to remove his posts, but is quitting his job on his own, to prevent bad publicity and nuisance to IBM. This has generated spontaneous support for Gaurav from bloggers and IIPM is the second most popular search term in Technorati. IIPM was the highest advertising brand for the print medium in May and bloggers allege that the mainstream media do not investigate into the claims made by IIPM for fear of losing ad revenue.


 * 16:20, 11 October 2005 on Indian Institute of Planning and Management by User:Aadisht
 * IIPM is alleged to be one of the largest spenders on advertising in India. It buys print ads in educational supplements distributed with broadsheet newspapers, and increases the frequency of advertising in the May to July period, which is when universities begin admissions for their academic programs.


 * It usually runs full-page or half-page advertisements. These advertisements are notable for:

 Cluttered Copy: they contain a huge amount of text and tables, sometimes including an essay by Arindam Chaudhuri on an economic topic. Rankings: they mention IIPM's rankings on various parameters of a B-school ranking survey. This has led to controversies. The Outlook C-Fore B-School survey had ranked IIPM's Delhi campus in the top 10 among several parameters, but IIPM advertisements generalised these rankings for all IIPM campuses. After complaints made by IIPM students and alumni, Outlook C-Fore issued a clarification removing IIPM from its survey, stating that IIPM had misrepresented facts. IIPM continued to advertise rankings even after Outlook C-Fore had removed it from its survey. Inflated or unverifiable claims: IIPM's advertisements claimed that its campuses were Wi-Fi enabled, a 100% placement record, and facilities such as a swimming pool. Only its Delhi campus is known to have a swimming pool, and neither its Delhi nor Mumbai campuses were Wi-Fi enabled at the beginning of 2005. 
 * 17:36, 11 October 2005 on Indian Institute of Planning and Management by
 * In a strange twist to the story, it was later revealed that Rashmi Bansal got paid by an IIPM rival to plant the allegedly defamatory story about IIPM. The status of the supposed expose is still unverifiable.


 * 19:18, 11 October 2005 on Indian Institute of Planning and Management by User:Aadisht
 * On October 11, 2005, IIPM emailed Varna Sri Raman, a blogger who had been posting on the ongoing controversy, and asked her to remove all posts related to IIPM or face legal action. The email sent to Varna was almost identical to the email sent to Gaurav Sabnis.


 * 20:13, 11 October 2005 on Indian Institute of Planning and Management by User:Kuffir
 * IIPM says its infrastructure is cutting edge : students, it claims, learn the very latest in management techniques with the help of the very best in equipment and teaching. Detractors, however, complain of non-existent infrastructure, browbeating methods and misrepresentation in promotional messages. They also point out that IIPM has never made any serious efforts in the last few years to build the basic infrastructure necessary for the conduct of graduate business courses. Instead, they argue, it has spent millions in advertising to attract gullible students who are kept totally in the dark about its actual 'strengths' and 'performance' record.