Ex-SUNY professor Rajiv Narula charged with eight counts of felony brbery.
Posted on 04/11/2025 5:30:34 AM PDT by xxqqzz
A former professor at upstate SUNY Canton allegedly took money under the table to dole out higher grades to some of his students, state police said this week.
Rajiv Narula, 45, a former longtime chemistry professor on the St. Lawrence County campus, was hit with eight felony counts of third-degree bribery on Tuesday, nearly two years after the allegations surfaced, state troopers said in a press release.
Associate professor Rajiv Narula taught chemistry at SUNY Canton for 12 years before bribe allegations cost him his job.
Police said ex-professor Rajiv Narula took bribes from students in 2021 and 2022 in exchange for higher grades. SUNY Canton
Narula was arraigned by Canton Town Justice Michael Morgan and released without bail pending a return court appearance on April 28, according to the release.
A spokesperson for the state-run university said Narula taught chemistry as an associate professor in the School of Science, Health and Criminal Justice from 2011 until he was fired in May 2023.
The rep declined to comment on the bribery case “because this is an ongoing investigation.”
Investigators said the alleged cash-to-pass scheme took place during the 2021 fall and summer semesters and again during the 2022 spring semester, according to WWNY-TV News.
Ex-SUNY professor Rajiv Narula was charged with eight counts of felony brbery for allegedly selling higher grades.
School administrators turned the case over to the New York State Inspector General’s Office, which turned the case over to police after concluding an investigation.
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That’s the way I remember it. Sex was the perfectly acceptable bribe item
I remember joking with professors about bribes to pass but I could never come up with the $20.
What students have that much money?
Obligatory slam: so how many did you give?
(Apologies, just couldn’t pass up.)
Well anyway, try him and revoke all their degrees
The students who bribed him …..will they be charged? The cops must know who they are to build a case. I’d be satisfied to just see the names.
DEI…..didn’t earn it.
Okay, I know I broke one of the main tenants of FR and clicked on the link and read the article.
I did not see any mention of what amount he was allegedly bribed.
I had some interest because I attended both SUNY Morrisville for Wood Tech and SUNY ESF Syracuse/SU for Wood Products Engineering/marketing. So, I took both Chemistry, Physics, Statics and Mechanics. No bribes were ever offered in my case. Either of physical favors or monetary.
True! And it would be worse if any of them is a nurse or doctor.
Ex-SUNY professor Rajiv Narula charged with eight counts of felony brbery.
Scheme is normal in India.
Came over on the Mayflower.
A college econ professor liked to tell the story of a student who returned his bluebook with five $20 bills and a note reading “$1 per point.” After grading, the professor returned the bluebook with $40 and a grade of D.
Apu applies his knowledge of chemistry when mixing his Squishies.
From A Serious Man.
Always wondered how he got straight A’s.
He got A’s in classes he wasn’t even enrolled in.
Sounds like a trash school that ‘teachers remedial’ to help unqualified ‘students’ to get loans for four years of party time. Someone needs to Elon Musk these places...
No my mandatory prof affair was AFTER I graduated.
How’s this any different than the NEA lobbying for raises while graduating students who do not have to test for even basic literacy and numeracy?
At least this guy cut out the grifting unions and Edukators.
I’ll bet cash wasn’t the only compensation accepted.....
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