Arnab Warns Ultra-Left Lobby Against Destroying IITs’ Integrity, Targeting IIT-Bombay Professor Doolla
Arnab Goswami raises serious questions over the ongoing controversy at IIT-Bombay following the death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode. The incident has triggered student protests, an institutional inquiry and a police investigation, with allegations of caste-based harassment being raised by the student’s family. Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who was reportedly invigilating the examination involving Wakode, has been named in an FIR and was subsequently removed from his position as Dean of Administrative Affairs amid the investigation.
In this edition of the debate, Arnab warns against what he describes as an “ultra-left lobby” attempting to target Professor Doolla and questions whether ideological pressure is being allowed to interfere with the functioning and integrity of India’s premier institutions. The discussion also examines the larger questions surrounding academic freedom, institutional accountability, student welfare and the need for a fair investigation into the IIT-Bombay controversy.
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