Kerala: Inquiry panel gives clean chit to Kerala IAS officer on Sprinklr deal
Kerala: Inquiry panel gives clean chit to Kerala IAS officer on Sprinklr deal
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A government inquiry has cleared Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former Principal Secretary M. Sivasankar of the charge of mala fide abuse of position in the engagement of U.S-based big data firm, Sprinklr, which had triggered a widespread controversy in the state putting the previous Pinarayi Vijayan government in a fix.

Rejecting the opposition charges, the three-member committee, chaired by former district judge and state law secretary K Sasidharan Nair, said there is no evidence, as of now, to prove that the interest of the state was adversely affected due to the engagement of Sprinklr. However, the report confirmed various procedural lapses committed by the former principal secretary, who is now under suspension in connection with the gold smuggling scam, and said he did not even ensure the basic security measures to be adopted while engaging Sprinklr.

As per the panel, the Sprinklr activities continued only for less than a month and by April 20, 2020, the entire data had already been transferred to the State Data Centre managed by C-DIT and instructions were also given to destroy data if any remained with Sprinklr forthwith. Accordingly, Sprinklr reported compliance with the same and there is no evidence, as of now, to prove that the interest of the State was adversely affected due to the engagement of Sprinklr, it added.

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