Just a month and a half before the end of his tenure as the Director of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), scientist Bimal Roy, who had been conferred Padma Shri earlier this year, has 
been unceremoniously removed.
In an order issued by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Dr. Roy has been accused of charges like “indiscipline” and the communication expresses apprehension that he may indulge in acts of “administrative and financial impropriety”. He has been replaced by director-designate Sanghmitra Bandyopadhyay, who was supposed to take charge of the institute from August 1.
“There is justified and a reasonable apprehension that the present director Dr. B. Roy may indulge in propagation of indiscipline and mischief, including acts of administrative and financial impropriety in the interregnum up to 31st July 2015 (before the new Director Prof S. Bandyopadhayay takes charge on 1st August 2015),” the order stated.
It was issued by Ministry on Wednesday.
