From academic debate to institutional scrutiny: Inside IIT Delhi’s caste conference fallout
IIT Delhi’s decision to appoint a fact-finding committee after a controversial conference on caste and race marks a shift from academic debate to institutional reckoning. Sparked by the political reading of one session, the episode now centres on governance, accountability and where India’s most symbolic technical institutions draw the line between scholarship and reputational risk.
IIT Delhi’s decision to appoint a fact-finding committee after a controversial conference on caste and race marks a shift from academic debate to institutional reckoning. Sparked by the political reading of one session, the episode now centres on governance, accountability and where India’s most symbolic technical institutions draw the line between scholarship and reputational risk.
