IIT Madras professor writes to PM, demands probe over 'caste-discrimination' in institute
Vipin P Veetil, assistant professor, at the institute has written an open letter to PM Modi demanding an independent inquiry by the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) into his allegation.
IIT Madras professor writes to PM, demands probe over caste-discrimination
An assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging caste-based discrimination in the prestigious institution. Vipin P Veetil, assistant professor, at the institute has written an open letter to PM Modi demanding an independent inquiry by the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) into his allegation.
He also threatened to go on hunger strike if his request is not heard from February 24. “I hope you will act to cleanse the scourge of caste discrimination from this land of ours,” Veetil mentioned in the letter dated February 3, 2022.
He has claimed that IIT-Madras faculty had “sabotaged” an ongoing special recruitment drive for SC/ST/OBC candidates for teaching positions. “I would also like the sabotage of the ongoing special recruitment drive for SC/ST/OBC faculty at IIT Madras to be investigated by the Government of India. I am writing to you after having exhausted all internal and other grievance redressal mechanisms,” the letter stated.
Last year, the professor had submitted a written complaint to the Commission on the alleged caste-based discrimination he had faced in the humanities and social sciences department at IIT-M. After this, at the direction of the NCBC, IIT-M set up an inquiry commission.
Veetil who belongs to Maniyani caste, recognised as an OBC community in Kerala, had earlier quit the institute in July 2021, alleging discrimination, only to rejoin it later in September. But, after the alleged continued harassment he was subjected to after his complaint to the NCBC, he has resigned again now.
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