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Amid the ongoing controversy at IIT Bombay following the death by suicide of second-year student Sahil Wakode, a third-year student, Utkarsh, has spoken against allegations levelled against Professor Doolha and raised questions about claims surrounding the incident.
Utkarsh said that preventing a student from cheating cannot be considered wrong and maintained that there was โabsolutely no atmosphere of discriminationโ on the campus. He also pointed to IIT Bombayโs examination process, saying answer sheets carry studentsโ roll numbers rather than their names. Based on this, he questioned how a professor who caught Sahil during an examination would have immediately known his identity or used casteist slurs.
His comments come as student representatives continue to seek institutional reforms and an impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding Sahilโs death.
IIT Bombay student representatives have clarified that their protest was not intended to justify academic misconduct. In an official statement issued on September 21, they said they did not condone cheating or any form of academic misconduct.
At the same time, the student representatives said Sahilโs death had prompted students to examine the systems and processes within the institute. They reiterated their demand for institutional reforms and an impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
The statement came after three days of protests on the IIT Bombay campus and hours after the institute removed Professor Suryanarayana Doolla from his position as Dean of Administrative Affairs.
IIT Bombay has said Doolla will continue as a professor while the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Sahilโs death proceeds.
Amid the controversy, faculty forums at IIT Delhi and IIT Madras have expressed solidarity with IIT Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla.
The faculty bodies called for due process and cautioned against public vilification. The IIT Delhi faculty forum also described the conduct as โmob-drivenโ behaviour.
Both forums expressed condolences to Sahilโs family and the wider IIT Bombay community. They also stressed that the circumstances surrounding the incident should be examined fairly through established institutional and legal processes.
The statements come amid the ongoing controversy at IIT Bombay following Sahilโs death on September 18 and the protests and demands for institutional reforms that followed.
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