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IIT-Bombay short on SC, ST, OBC faculty: RTI data amid suicide row (opens the original)
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Despite a special recruitment drive for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) faculty members, the representation of the SC, ST and OBCs (Other Backward Communities) remains low at IIT Bombay. According to RTI data accessed by HT, as of September this year, the institute had only five SCs and six OBCs among its 412 professors. There is no professor from the ST community. At the associate and assistant professor levels, the institute has 363 faculty members. Of these, 29 are from the SC c
IIT-B student’s parents ask students to support protest, seek external inquiry (opens the original)
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The parents of an IIT Bombay student, who allegedly died by suicide last week, have appealed to students protesting on the campus on Saturday to support their demand for a fair and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The parents, who began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan on Thursday evening, shared a video message for the students on Saturday, saying they wanted the IIT Bombay community to stand together and seek changes in the way the case is being
IIT-B student suicide: Candle march held, students seek changes in probe panel (opens the original)
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Students protesting at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) held a candlelight march on Friday night from the Justice Corner at the main gate to hostel 4 to mark one week since the death by suicide of a second-year student on the campus, who stayed in hostel 4, and demanding a change in the team investigating the case. The protesting students demanded that the existing investigation committee be dissolved, alleging concerns over its independence because some members had publicly support
IIT-Bombay panel begins probe into student's death amid parents' caste bias claims (opens the original)
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A 10-member committee appointed by the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has started probing the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old BTech student, who was found dead in his hostel room on September 18, hours after being caught while allegedly using a mobile phone during a mid-semester examination. The committee will examine all aspects of the incident, including allegations levelled by the student’s parents regarding caste-
Why is IIT Bombay on boil? A suicide, protests, a professor in focus, divided faculty (opens the original)
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The situation at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) remained tense on Tuesday as students continued their protest following the death by suicide of a second-year undergraduate student on the campus on September 18. What began with questions over an incident during a mid-semester examination has now turned into a larger protest over the institute's examination procedures, disciplinary action, student welfare and the handling of the case. Students have continued to raise questions o
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