Ex-IIT Delhi Director Backs Prof Doolla, Suggests 5-Year BTech Programme Amid IIT-B Suicide Row
The institute said further action will follow the police probe, while the student’s family alleged three months of caste-based harassment.
- On Wednesday, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla was sent on leave and scheduled to appear before the Mumbai Police Crime Branch in connection with the death of student Sahil Wakode.
- Sonali Wakode, mother of Sahil, alleged her son endured caste-based harassment from Doolla for three months, claiming he told them: "I am from an upper caste and you are from a lower caste."
- Retracting its earlier claim that Sahil used ChatGPT during an exam, IIT Bombay apologized for statements concerning circumstances of his death on September 18.
- The Mumbai Police Crime Branch is reviewing CCTV footage and other evidence to reconstruct the events leading up to Sahil's death.
- While IIT Bombay's Faculty Forum disputed that Sahil approached the institute's SC/ST cell with complaints, the case has intensified scrutiny of caste-harassment allegations on campus.
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IIT Bombay sets up panel to probe suicide, Prof sent on leave
Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Wednesday, September 23, set up a 10-member high-level committee to probe the circumstances surrounding the alleged suicide of B Tech student Sahil Wakode, an official said. Faculty member Suryanarayan Doolla, named in the first information report (FIR) in the case, which alleges abetment to suicide on grounds of caste discrimination, has been sent on leave to facilitate an impartial probe i…
In the case of the death of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode, the IIT Kanpur Faculty Forum issued a statement in support of Professor Suryanarayan Doola demanding a fair, transparent and time-bound investigation into the incident. The forum has said that no person should be held responsible before the investigation is completed and the facts are revealed.
IIT Bombay suicide: 3 students, psychiatrist part of panel to probe Sahil’s death
The student members included in the panel are Aditya Joshi, general secretary (Hostel Affairs); Dev Arora, overall coordinator of the Student Mentor Programme; and research scholar Devi Lal.
Student suicide: IIT Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla, removed as dean, now sent on leave
IIT Bombay Professor Suryanarayana Doolla has been sent on leave and removed from his dean post to ensure an impartial investigation into the alleged suicide of student Sahil Wakode. Wakode, 22, was found dead after being caught using ChatGPT during an exam. A case of suicide abetment and caste discrimination has been registered against Doolla, with Wakode's parents alleging caste-based torture.
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