OPEN LETTER ISSUED AT MYSORE CONFERENCE 2003

SOME FACTS ABOUT IACS :

OPEN LETTER ISSUED IN 2003 AT MYSORE CONFERENCE

IACS was founded by Dr. Om Juneja and six other professors of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda on 20 February 1985 in Baroda at the First Indian Seminar on Canadian Studies funded by University Grants Commission.

• Registered as a Public Trust No. F/409/Vadodara under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 and Society No. Gujarat/693/Vadodara under Societies Registration Act 1860 in 1986 with its Registered office at: Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002.
• Was affiliated to INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CANADIAN STUDIES in May 1987 by me when I was the Secretary and Professor J. Birje-Patil, Head, Department of English, M.S. University, Baroda was the President of IACS.
• Was registered for receiving grants from Canada under Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FERA), 1976 with Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs in 1990 with Registration No. 041960074 with the condition that all the foreign contibutions under this Act will be received through Indian Bank, Fatehgunj Branch, Vadodara Savings Bank Account No. 5036.
• First grant of CND 10,000/= was received in 1987 and last grant of CND 80,000/= was received in 1994 when I was president, IACS.
• Life Membership rose from two dozen in 1986 to 600 in 1994.
• Constitution was illegally amended when the President was on Sabbatical Leave in Canada and all the office equippment including fax machine, computers, telephones and all the records were removed from Baroda to Delhi subsequently.
• Violating FERA rules, a new account was opened in the name of IACS in Delhi. This matter is pending before the Assistant Charity Commissioner Vadodara and also with Government of India for action.
• Inspite of a vote of dissent by Dr. Juneja, the fraudulant "utilisation certificate" for Delhi University workshop expenditure incurred by Dr.Chandra Mohan and Prof. KRG Nair was accepted and the auditors were changed from Baroda to Delhi. This matter of fraud due to double accounting of the grant is pending for Order of the Assistant Charity Commissioner Vadodara.