stringnt form of assessment should not include a professor shouting at a Dalit student, "why should u kinda people come to IIT?" IIT agraharam should be demolished for the sake of quality higher education .. shame on our IIT culture On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:12 PM, r prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Renjith > Please prepare a petion online and circulate among our brothers > R.Prakash > > > On 6/26/08, sreenivas v.p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello , >> >> >> >> I think this should not be taken as a caste based humiliation . IITs >> including delhi IIT are following a stringent form of assessment and this >> is applicable to all students irrespective of the caste they belong to. Do >> you mean to say that there should be some kind of reservation during the >> four year course at IIT also ?Or how this problem can be solved ? >> >> Regards >> >> Sreenivasan.V.P >> >> Bangalore. >> >> >> >> >> --- On *Thu, 26/6/08, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [GreenYouth] Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in >> IIT Delhi >> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 5:09 PM >> >> *Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi* >> >> * * >> >> *Recently, IIT Delhi served termination notices to 28 students from 1st, >> 2nd and Final Year of the B.Tech Programs, citing their 'low' academic >> performances. Majority (20) of the terminated students belong to SC/ST >> community, rest from general category including OBCs and minority students. >> All these students were asked to leave the campus immediately.* >> >> >> >> There is a complete lack of transparency in the grading system followed by >> IIT Delhi giving absolute powers to the faculty members leaving the fate of >> the students on their mercy. The individual prejudices coupled with the >> arbitrariness of marking system are responsible for the alleged poor >> academic performance of Dalit students. Though IIT Delhi claims to follow a >> 'relative' evaluation system, however, the Administration is highly >> secretive and does not disclose any information, which can be used to make >> any relative evaluation and comparisons. The Administration is not even >> disclosing the complete list of terminated students, despite repeated >> requests to the Administration by the students. >> >> >> >> With dreams shattered and taken aback by the highhandedness of the >> Administration, the affected Dalit students were forced to approach the >> National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for redressal of their >> grievances. The students narrated their experiences of caste-based >> humiliation and discrimination both from the IIT faculties & the >> Administration. The Chairperson of the Commission, Sh Buta Singh, then >> summoned the Director of IIT Delhi on 17th June 2008, wherein the >> Director underplayed the issue by giving wrong information that only 12 >> students were terminated of which 7 belong to SC/ST. Sh Buta Singh has >> given 2 weeks time for the administration to reply back to the Commission. >> >> >> >> After being rebuked by the NCSC, IIT Delhi formed a Review Committee >> headed by a retired Dalit professor on 20th June to look into the matter >> raised by the students. However, the Dalit students who had deposed in front >> of this committee have expressed their complete dissatisfaction as the >> committee was not willing to listen to the students' version. The students >> have a strong belief that the committee is complete eyewash and a very >> dishonest attempt by IIT administration to look into their cases. Not a >> single question was asked by the committee on caste-based discrimination and >> when the students tried to raise the issue, they were cut short. >> >> >> *Our Demands* >> >> >> >> · Immediate repeal of the termination of all 28 students. >> >> · Nullification of the existing committee >> >> · An independent committee comprising of socially sensitive >> members to be constituted under the aegis of Government/HRD Ministry to look >> into the issue of caste- based discrimination suffered by Dalit students in >> IIT Delhi. >> >> >> >> *We Appeal to all **the progressive people, faculty members, students & >> Human Rights defenders to support IIT Delhi Students' Struggle for Justice & >> join in large numbers for* >> >> * * >> >> *Demonstration at IIT Delhi Main Gate on 26th June 2008 at 10:30am*** >> >> * * >> >> *Dalit Students' Forum for Justice* >> >> >> >> Sanjeev(09958797409), Chandra Nigam (9899870597), Dr Ajita >> Rao(9818929480), Anoop(09313432410) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click >> here. >> >> >> <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_dbid_4/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address> >> >> > > > -- > "I have never claimed to be a universal leader of suffering humanity. The > problem of the untouchables is quite enough for my slender strength. I do > not say that other causes are not equally noble. But knowing that life is > short, one can only serve one cause and I have never aspired to do more than > serve the Untouchables." Bodhisatta Babasaheb B.R.Ambedkar > > R.Prakash, > Post Box.46 > Mavelikara-690101, > Kerala,India > Mob-09947107178 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
