IIT-Delhi sacks 12 SC/ST students, under probe *Shreya Dhoundial* <http://www.ibnlive.com/news/author/Shreya+Dhoundial/> / *CNN-IBN* <http://www.ibnlive.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/>
[image: Time]Published on *Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 00:26*, Updated at *Sat, Jun 14, 2008* in *Nation <http://www.ibnlive.com/nation/>*<http://www.ibnlive.com/news/iitdelhi-sacks-12-scst-students-under-probe/67114-3.html#>section [image: Tags]Tags: *Reservation <http://topics.ibnlive.com/Reservation.html>, IITs <http://topics.ibnlive.com/IITs.html> , New Delhi<http://www.ibnlive.com/news/city/New+Delhi/> * <http://www.ibnlive.com/printpage.php?id=67114§ion_id=3> [image: SITE OF DISPUTE: IIT-Delhi has asked at least 20 students to leave because of poor studies.] SITE OF DISPUTE: IIT-Delhi has asked at least 20 students to leave because of poor studies. <http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/67114/iitdelhi-sacks-12-scst-students-under-probe.html> ** *New Delhi:* The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, (IIT-Delhi) may be heading for a messy quota controversy. The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has sought an explanation from the director of the institute after 12 undergraduate SC/ST students were asked to leave because of poor performance. The 12 students have told the commission they were discriminated against and instead of being given special coaching they were asked to attend extra curricular activities. A student has alleged that a professor at the institute told him said he wasn't doing well in his studies because he was from the SC/ST category. "We will investigate the students' allegations and then make a decision," said Buta Singh, chairperson of the SC/ST Commission. <http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/67077/promo-young-armed-and-restless.html> The institute's deputy director, Prof Bijendra Jain, rejected the allegations and insisted that the students were asked to leave solely because of their poor performance. "If certain students cannot perform then we cannot have them," said Jain. "The commission has the authority to seek an explanation from IIT-Delhi why so many SC/ST students have been asked to leave. Interestingly, the institute has never asked so many students to leave because of poor performance. "Unfortunately, this year the number of students who have been asked to leave because of poor performance is little to large. Generally, the number is five to eight but the total number of students who have been asked to leave is around 20. It is unfortunate that 12 of those 20 students belong to the SC/ST," said Jain. Jain said IIT-Delhi does its best to help all students in their studies. "Before they enter IIT-Delhi, SC/ST students receive coaching in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. At the end of every semester and sometimes in the middle of semesters we monitor the progress of all students." The institute had in fact lowered the benchmark for SC/ST students. The 12 students who complain of harassment refused to speak on camera but said they and the 500 other SC/ST students of IIT-Delhi would be forced to take to the streets if the commission fails to help them. May read the Article in the link http://www.ibnlive.com/news/iitdelhi-sacks-12-scst-students-under-probe/67114-3.html -- Dr.V.N.Sharma http://sharmavn.blogspot.com/
