Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lazar Mathew
To all who !voted "keep", please consider the following findings. (1) Being a fellow of organizations listed in this article does ''not'' have the level of prestige you are assuming. If you examine, for example, the http://www.iabms.org/Application.pdf FABMS fellow application, you find that the eligibility requirements are minimal (must be a society member, must have done "research" for at least 15 years, must have a post-grad degree) and that applicants must pay a fee. Even http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=department/department/profile&deptid=55&facultyid=182 assistant professors seem to be fellows of this society, which implies this "award" is nothing more than a pay-to-play CV puffer. (2) The research record of this individual is not at all consistent with the claims of offices held and awards received. While WoS does show 49 papers, they are not heavily cited: 25, 22, 18, 15, 13, 12, 9, 8 (h-index 8). These figures are characteristic of an average researcher. (3) There seems to be no such position as Chairman of the DRDO. Rather, this organization is administered by the Indian Ministry of Defense and is divided into "establishments" (i.e. laboratories). The subject appears to have been a director of one of these, i.e. a lab head, which, while important, is not notable ''per se''. In summary, much of the claims seem to be , which probably explains Anupmehra's conundrum of not being able to find independent documentation. The subject is clearly a part of the Indian research establishment, but does not seem to meet the WP inclusion guidelines in terms of |notability
— User:Agricola44, 18:16, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:PUFF||WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Wikipuffery)