How caste works in an IIT https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-caste-works-in-an-iit-8519120/ 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...‘What’s your [JEE] rank?’ it’s a question that unfailingly follows that first handshake with a hostel mate..., For many students from some of the reserved categories, that seemingly innocuous ice-breaker ends up being a proxy for ‘what’s your caste?’.
A professor from IIT Roorkee, said, “Campuses of IIT are bound to reflect Indian society and it is futile for the administration to deny the existence of caste on campuses. The focus should rather be on making sure that the affirmative action of reservation is implemented effectively. Reservation is implemented across IITs when it comes to student admissions. But it is missing when it comes to faculty appointments, even after the Mission Mode recruitment drive.”