- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was no consensus. W.marsh 15:53, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No direspect to Anurag Kumar, but I dont think this person is (yet) notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia. Notability is not asserted. MidgleyDJ 12:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Weakish keep - his website seems to list a number of awards he's won as well as one book he's written solo and another co-authored one. It's not an area I'm remotely familiar with, though, so I'm not totally sure any or all of this gets him over the proposed WP:PROF. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 12:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - "Currently Professor and Chairman at Department of Electrical Communication at Indian Institute of Science" is an assertion of notability. MER-C 12:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - Is it? I work in a university full of professors. I certainly hope I dont have to add them all to Wikipedia? Many of these professors are chairs in various departments within the University of Sydney and on academic panels advising the government. Most professors have many (hundreds, often) scientific publications. Adding every scientist with a decent publication record seems unreasonable to me and I'm not sure this does qualify for notability (in the wikipedia sense of the word). MidgleyDJ 13:11, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - What about IEEE fellowship? It is a recognition of life long achievements. And he is one of the 15 or so fellows in India. And the book as well. Just try running a google search on his name... Ameerblore 13:31, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment -And apart from his academic contributions; he has contributed to the development of India by heading project ERNET, which was one of the first (I believe the first; though not sure) digital networks in India and interconnected major academic and research institutes across the country.Ameerblore 17:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment -MER-C, I am a new wikipedian. Could you suggest a better wording? Ameerblore 17:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Not my area, but appears to meet WP:PROF per IEEE fellowship, editorial board of international journals and departmental chair in an institute that the wiki-article considers prestigious. I don't know anything about ERNET (is there an article on it?), but if it's the Indian equivalent of the UK's JANET, then I think that would also be of note. Capitalisation should be fixed. Espresso Addict 18:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. Bakaman Bakatalk 23:41, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete An IEEE fellowship is not enough to be notable. Has this proffessor won a Padma Shri or a state award. What thesis or theories has he proposed. He may be brilliant but can he compared to Kaushik Basu or Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar in terms of media attention or academic notability--203.109.224.204 02:05, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I am sorry; he was the co-ordinator, not the head of ERNET from 1989 to 2001. The director positions are usually held by political people. He was the primary technical person involved. ERNET seems to be equivalent to JANET in UK; though India had been 7-8 years behind UK in its development. We should write a wiki-article on this too. Ameerblore 02:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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