The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has formed a panel to conduct a 바카라parallel바카라 probe into the death of a first-year B.Tech student amid allegations of caste bias and has urged its students to come forward if they have 바카라relevant바카라 information. The panel is headed by Professor Nand Kishore and also has SC/ST Students Cell members, including faculty and students, a few student mentor coordinators, and the in-charge chief medical officer of IIT Bombay hospital, said a statement by institute Director Subhasis Chaudhuri on Saturday.
Darshan Solanki (18), who belonged to a Scheduled Caste community, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on the Powai campus of the IIT on February 12, but his family suspects foul play in his death and said he faced discrimination. The Powai police are investigating the matter and have also visited Solanki바카라s home in Ahmedabad. Highlighting that Prof. Nand Kishore was the chief vigilance officer of IIT Bombay till recently and is experienced 바카라in these matters바카라, Chaudhari said that the committee is actively meeting everyone who might have relevant information.
바카라If you have any information that you believe may be relevant, please reach out to the committee by either meeting any of the committee members, or by emailing Prof. Nand Kishore or to the Powai Police,바카라 Chaudhari appealed through the statement. IIT Bombay and police are actively investigating the 바카라environment, incidents, and reasons behind Darshan's tragic death바카라, it said. The police have interviewed a large number of people, and also taken Solanki바카라s phone and laptop for forensic analysis, Chaudhari said.
In the statement, Chaudhari said IIT B is working towards changes in their UG curriculum, starting with the batch of 2022, to make it 바카라more relevant and motivating to students, and to reduce some of the stress바카라.Calling some media reports about the student바카라s death 바카라premature바카라, Chaudhari said that 바카라as the matter is sub-judice so we cannot comment on the causes until either the police report or our inquiry committee report is ready바카라.According to Chaudhari, IIT Bombay has an SC/ST students cell, where students can reach in case of issues including discrimination.
바카라We are working actively to create an inclusive campus where all students feel at home,바카라 Chaudhari said. He said they give strong warnings against any discrimination during new students바카라 formal orientation and also sensitize all students to not seek proxy information such as ranks in entrance exams. 바카라We have a very strict policy on discrimination by faculty,바카라 Chaudhari said. Solanki바카라s family on Wednesday claimed that he faced discrimination at IIT B for belonging to an SC community and maintained that there was a strong possibility that he was 바카라murdered바카라.
According to a police official, his parents had visited Mumbai to collect their son's body. In their initial statements, they had not raised any objection to the probe or expressed doubt over the cause of their son바카라s death, said the official had said earlier. Gujarat Congress MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani have demanded a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into Solanki바카라s death.
