Student representatives of IIT-Bombay on Monday issued a statement on the death of a second-year BTech student and explained why they wanted the dean of administrative affairs, Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, relieved of his duties.
“The protest initiated by students was not intended to justify academic misconduct. It was a collective effort to raise concerns about systemic issues that have existed for some time and to seek meaningful and strong institutional reforms so that no student has to face circumstances of this nature again…,” the student representatives said, according to a statement shared by news agency ANI .
However, student representatives said in a statement that they stood with the professor as “member of our faculty community”. The student’s family has demanded a CBI inquiry into his alleged suicide, seeking a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death and action against those found responsible, according to ANI.
As stated in an earlier HT report, he has been charged with abetment to suicide and alleged discrimination on the basis of caste. Professor Suryanarayana Doolla was suspended as IIT-Bombay’s dean of administrative affairs on Monday. Doolla was the invigilator who had caught the student cheating during an exam on Friday.
