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Weak delete Greatest claim to notability is being acting director of a (very) notable college. The "acting" label troubles me, as he likely spent a short time in the role, and likely only because someone vacated the position unexpectedly. Nothing else in the article demonstrates adequate notability.
Caknuck16:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Weak delete. I removed the prod as I didn't feel it was a case for uncontroversial deletion. My search for additional information to establish
notability per
WP:BIO was largely unsuccessful. I'd support keeping if additional information was added, but as the article currently stands, I believe it ought to be deleted. --
Black Falcon18:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Weak keep. I am changing my suggestion following the improvements made by
John Vandenberg and this excerpt from the second source: "Head, Department of Mining Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for nearly twenty years". A 20-year department head of a major national technology institute is notable (could do with some better sources though). --
Black Falcon23:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply
Weak delete. What's there seems verifiable. And if he were really head of IIT Kharagpur I'd say keep. But acting head for a few months until a new head could be found doesn't seem quite so notable, and his research doesn't seem to have made much impact. —
David Eppstein16:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply
weak keep--quite apart from acting director, professor at a major research university is N, and he has been--the iIT is the premier engineering university in India. The article just needs expansion.DGG22:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply
weak keep; I've expanded it a little. The book "Mine Disasters and Mine Rescue" is quite widely distributed, lending itself to possibly being a set textbook. Reliable sources arnt easy to find.
John Vandenberg22:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)reply
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