IIT Bombay Anti-Discrimination Guidelines Resurface Online After Email Circulation, Institute Yet To Confirm Details
Mumbai: An email circulating on social media has brought renewed attention to anti-discrimination guidelines issued by IIT Bombay in 2023, months after the death of student Darshan Solanki. Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who was then Dean of Student Affairs, had released the guidelines. Whether the circulating email is a fresh reiteration of those instructions is yet to be confirmed by IIT…
IIT Bombay's anti-discrimination guidelines, issued in 2023 following the death of student Darshan Solanki, have resurfaced online after being circulated on social media. Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, then Dean of Student Affairs, released these guidelines. The exact circumstances surrounding the email's circulation and the authenticity of its content remain unverified by IIT Bombay authorities.
Solanki, a first-year BTech student, passed away in February 2023, with his family claiming he experienced caste discrimination on campus. The guidelines state that it is inappropriate to inquire about fellow students' caste or admission category, as well as their JEE Advanced ranks, GATE scores, or other details that may expose their social background.
Such inquiries, even asked out of curiosity, can foster bias or be misconstrued as discriminatory. Furthermore, the institute prohibits abusive, hateful, casteist, or sexist messages, jokes, and any communication involving harassment or bullying, both in-person and via platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, and email. Violations could result in serious consequences.
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