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This is an archive article published on June 12, 2008
IIT-Delhi director summoned by SC Commission
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has summoned the IIT-Delhi Director for a meeting on June 17.
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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has summoned the Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, for a meeting on June 17 after students belonging to SC/ST community were asked to leave the institution for “very poor performance”.
“The Director of IIT, Delhi, Prof Surendra Prasad has been asked to come for a meeting on June 17,” Commission sources said.
The decision to summon the Director was taken after a complaint had been registered with the Commission by the father of one of the students who was asked to leave the institute because of “very poor performance.”
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The premier technical institute this year had asked 20 under-graduate students to leave the campus as their performance was found “below the required minimum level for continuation.”
The IIT administration had deliberately handpicked the students from SC/ST communities to throw them out of the institute, alleged the complainant.
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