Admission forms filled by those who qualified in the JEE (Advanced) 2022 showed 16,585 of the 43,000 who cracked one of the world's toughest exams had put down computer science at IITB as their first choice. And of the top 100, it was the number one option for nearly 90. Only 69 of them won a spot.
#IITB
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/cracking-the-powai-code-why-toppers-make-a-beeline-for-comp-science-at-iitb/articleshow/101603020.cms

#IITB student Darshan Solanki who allegedly committed suicide had told his mother that caste-based discrimination existed on the institute's campus, a chargesheet filed in the case by police has said

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iit-bombay-student-who-died-by-suicide-told-mother-about-caste-bias-police-101685606591570.html #press

Police on May 30 filed a charge sheet against a fellow student in the case related to the alleged suicide of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (#IITB) student #DarshanSolanki.

https://trib.al/W4YMT4R #press

Darshan Solanki Suicide: Did IIT-B Probe Intentionally Ignore Evidence of Caste Discrimination?

While the committee said it did not find any direct evidence of discrimination against Solanki, at least three witnesses deposed that his peers were unwilling to speak to him after coming to know his JEE score.

#DarshanSolanki #suicide #IITBombay #IITB #caste #dalits #dalit #CasteViolence #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #maharashtra #mumbai #india

TW: suicide

https://thewire.in/caste/darshan-solanki-suicide-iit-b-ignore-evidence-caste-discrimination

Survey Shows Caste Discrimination Affecting Mental Health of SC/ST Students in IIT Bombay

A survey conducted at IIT Bombay finds that caste discrimination is a key cause of mental health problems faced by reserved category students.

#maharashtra #mumbai #IITBombay #IITB #casteism #CasteDiscrimation #caste #untouchability #reservations #MentalHealth #SCST #students #education #india

https://www.newsclick.in/survey-shows-caste-discrimination-affecting-mental-health-scst-students-iit-bombay

IIT Bombay Suicide: Did Authorities Fail to Act Even After Surveys Pointed to Rampant Casteism?

Although an internal probe panel linked the recent suicide of a Dalit student on the campus to academic performance, at least three surveys by SC-ST Student Cell pointed to a highly discriminative atmosphere on campus towards students from the Dalit and Adivasi communities.

#maharashtra #mumbai #DarshanSolanki #IITBombay #casteism #dalits #suicide #education #caste #discrimination #dalit #adivasi #SCST #IITB #brahminism #MentalHealth #india

https://thewire.in/caste/iit-bombay-suicide-did-authorities-fail-to-act-even-after-surveys-pointed-to-rampant-casteism