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Mumbai: According to a draft report of a survey conducted by IIT Bombays SC-ST student cell last year, nearly one-third of the 388 SC/ST students said that they did not feel comfortable openly discussing their caste identity on campus...
Mumbai, India - February 20, 2023: Posse of policemen deployed outside IIT Bombay after students protest seeking justice for 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan Solanki, who died by suicide on February 12 inside IIT Bombay, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, February 20, 2023..
Details from the February 2022 survey which are yet to be released officially by IIT-B have not been previously reported...
The number maps how hostile, insensitive and unsafe a place IIT Bombay is for SC/ST students, notes the draft report, adding that the immediate task before the cell and IIT is to make the institution a safe and secure space and to build the confidence of students so that they can openly assert their identity and seek redressal in case of discrimination...
Ninety-nine (25.5%) responded with a Maybe while the rest said No. Clearly, a significant number of students do not feel safe discussing caste-based discrimination, a fact that bears repetition in the context of the recent death of Dalit student Darshan Solanki...
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