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IIT Bombay apologises, denies director resigned after student suicide
IIT Bombay has apologised for an earlier statement about the circumstances of a student's death and denied that its director, Prof Shirish Kedare, has resigned. The apology came after Kedare told protesting…
IIT Bombay has apologised for an earlier statement about the circumstances of a student's death and denied that its director, Prof Shirish Kedare, has resigned. The apology came after Kedare told protesting students on Sunday night he would step down, then signed a list of 18 demands.
Sahil Ravindra Wakode, 22, a second-year BTech student, was found dead in his hostel room on Friday. Police say he died by suicide hours after being caught using a phone and ChatGPT during an exam. The family has filed a case under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act alleging caste discrimination. The Mumbai Crime Branch is investigating. The suspended exam invigilator, Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, has support from the IIT Bombay Faculty Forum, which says he followed protocol.
Indian Opinion Analysis
NDTV and Hindustan Times foreground the administration's apology and denial of the director's resignation, framing the crisis as a standoff moving toward resolution. The New Indian Express and The Hindu Business Line lead with allegations of caste discrimination and the student's family filing an FIR under the SC/ST Act, casting the institutional response as defensive. Neither frame tests the core factual dispute, whether disciplinary action followed the exam incident or the professor followed protocol. The Faculty Forum's solidarity statement and the family's atrocity complaint cannot both be fully true, the investigation by the Mumbai Crime Branch will clarify that. The November hearing of that inquiry is the concrete next step.
Coverage: 6 sources, 6 neutral
Sources (6): ndtv.com (neutral report), ndtv.com (2) (neutral report), newindianexpress.com (neutral report), thehindubusinessline.com (neutral report), dnaindia.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 6 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 6 sources.
