The data shared by the APPSC show that of the 19 IITs that have SC/ST Cells, only 12 have web pages. At IIT Guwahati, while the SC/ST Cell has no web page, it is the only IIT where the Cell has not only conducted events, but has also been allocated funds and a separate room to function.
Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question.