IIT-Delhi withdraws caste discrimination survey hours after circulation

Several students said that the survey had insensitive and irrelevant questions. One question asked respondents to rate how often they witnessed a particular type of caste discrimination. It offered “never” as one of the choices and “so common that I don’t even bother” as another.

https://scroll.in/latest/1055682/iit-delhi-withdraws-caste-discrimination-survey-hours-after-circulation

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‘Landslides, cloudbursts in Himachal because people eat meat': IIT Mandi director

Director of the IIT Mandi, Laxmidhar Behera was slammed for his speech on social media after it went viral.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/iit-director-blames-meat-eating-for-landslides-and-cloudbursts-in-himachal-pradesh-faces-backlash-online-101694096544860.html

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‘Landslides, cloudbursts in Himachal because people eat meat': IIT Mandi director

Director of the IIT Mandi, Laxmidhar Behera was slammed for his speech on social media after it went viral.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/iit-director-blames-meat-eating-for-landslides-and-cloudbursts-in-himachal-pradesh-faces-backlash-online-101694096544860.html

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#India #HigherEd #Universities #IITs: "IIT Bombay, in Mumbai, is one of India’s most prestigious higher education institutes. It’s one of the five original IIT engineering schools established in the 1950s and ’60s as the Indian government’s attempt to emulate the success of the United States’ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Major expansions since 2008 have grown the system to 23 schools in total.

The IITs are now among the world’s top schools. Many young Indians apply for the entrance exams every year. Very few get in. In 2022, the IITs accepted just 1.83% of applicants, a rate more selective than that of U.S. Ivy League universities. The struggle to get into an IIT is so dramatic, Netflix has a multi-season scripted show, Kota Factory, about the country’s many prep schools that have sprung up to help coach applicants to pass the entrance exams.

Becoming an IIT one-percenter is often a ticket to tech success. Many big names in India’s startup scene are IIT alums. Of the country’s 108 unicorns, 68 were founded by at least one IIT graduate, according to data from analytics firm Tracxn.

The schools’ influence expands abroad too. Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are run by “IITians.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during a 2016 speech that going to IIT Kharagpur “changed the course of my life.” In 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives honored the graduates of IITs for their contribution to American society.

The IITs’ superpower is their tightly knit network of alums. Graduating from an IIT puts you in a special club."

https://restofworld.org/2023/iit-graduates-dominate-tech/

Row over ‘separate place’ for vegetarian students at IIT Bombay hostel mess

It also added that stringent action will be taken in case such an instance is repeated.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/iit-bombay-hotel-mess-issue-separate-place-for-vegetarian-students-8867041/

The IITs currently admit students through the joint entrance exam or JEE(Advanced) exam which is conducted by the institutes themselves on rotation.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/union-government-s-plan-for-common-entrance-exam-for-technical-institutions-shot-down-by-iits-meeting-minutes-101687555872055.html

The SC dismissed a plea challenging the eligibility criterion of 75 per cent score in higher secondary examination for admission to the #IITs.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/sc-dismisses-plea-against-eligibility-criterion-of-75-per-cent-marks-in-class-12-board-exams-for-admission-to-iits-101685360388171.html #press

50 thousand job posts are lying vacant. We will fill these 50 thousand jobs. We will give you the special education sector policy here so that #IITs and #IIMs also come here. We will give several benefits to the people of the state: #Congress Leader #RahulGandhi at #Kalaburagi in… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1651888124568428546 #press

Interview: The Indian classroom is a site of routine humiliation for Dalit students

Little is done in educational institutes to address systemic issues of casteism and foster sensitivity, says Yashpal Jogdand, a professor at IIT-Delhi.

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https://scroll.in/article/1044277/interview-the-indian-classroom-is-a-site-of-routine-humiliation-for-dalit-students