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IITs urged to address caste discrimination and student suicides
Published Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) activists protested outside IIT-Bombay's Powai campus on September 23, 2026, demanding a quick and fair investigation into the suicide case of IIT-Bombay student Sahil Wakode.
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- The Hindu
The article emphasizes that the denial of caste in 'meritorious' institutions exacerbates the struggles of students from marginalized communities, leading to suicides, and calls for radical empathy and institutional changes to foster inclusivity.
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