Tag: IIT Bombay

IITs have been following food segregation by demarcating a space...

A total of Rs. 2000, with Rs. 1750 as medical fee and Rs. 250 as student accident insurance, is being paid every semester

Addressing a press conference, family of Darshan Solanki express anguish over the course of the investigation being conducted by the SIT, term it “highly suspicious”

The NCST pulls up IIT-Bombay for its insensitivity, absence of adequate mechanisms or response and also directs implementation of measures to tackle lack of accountability towards Dalit students

Three witnesses directly contradict the findings of the “Internal Committee” that concluded in its report that it did not find any direct evidence of discrimination against Solanki”; these witnesses deposed that his peers were unwilling to speak to him after coming to know his JEE score; besides internal surveys accessed by The MookNayak show how discrimination is in fact a lived reality

The institute has been defending charges that it waa its alleged failure to create safe spaces for marginalised students that was the cause that led to the alleged suicide of a 18-year-old Dalit student from Gujarat, Darshan Solanki reports The Hindu

After two incidents of student deaths allegedly by suicide at two IITs have come to light, the question has once again arisen over what these institutes have done for the mental well being of its students

In a move that signals autocratic censorship, sources told The Wire  that the decision was announced past midnight, just a day before the scheduled event. In the email, organisers noted they were 'forced' to cancel it.

As per the minorities cell, the decision came after aggrieved students recommended it

Alumni raise concerns about their inclusion in letter to Director, IITB, asking organisers to “reflect and rescind the invitations”