Coming out in solidarity with the deceased student, ex-IITians shared their own experiences of being cornered, judged, or being called casteist slurs at IIT Delhi, Madras, and Kharagpur in tweets that went viral.
The data blatantly contradicts the claims of the institutes that there is a 'non-availability’ of eligible candidates for posts in the reserved quotas.
Students say that the fact that those belonging to marginalised communities have been allotted single digit scores in the 2021 PhD viva exams across different centres points to a deeper rot.
Blatant acts of misusing the tool of interviews or oral examinations and defying the instrument of reservation are can be seen in every educational institution.