A qualified faculty member of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras resigned alleging caste discrimination.
His mail to other faculty members was widely circulated on social media on Thursday.
Vipin Pudiyath Veetil, an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, sent out the mail, alleging that he had been discriminated against because of his caste ever since he joined the institute in 2019.
“The discrimination came from individuals in positions of power irrespective of their claimed political affiliations and gender,” he wrote.
He said he was leaving the IIT for another institution because of this, and he would “pursue appropriate actions to address the matter”.
In his mail, he suggested that the institute constitute a committee to study the experience of Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Class faculty members. He also suggested that the committee should have SC/ST commission, OBC commission and psychologists.
He said those who were…