IIT-Delhi faculty backs IIT-Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla amid student protest

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What began as a student suicide at IIT-Bombay has grown into an institutional standoff across India's elite engineering institutes.
After students protested over the death, professor Suryanarayana Doolla was removed from his post as dean — though reports differ, with one saying he was removed outright and another describing a suspension.
Now faculty members at IIT-Delhi and, according to one report, across multiple IIT campuses have publicly spoken in his support.
The faculty intervention signals a view that holding one administrator responsible for a student's death amounts to scapegoating rather than fixing deeper problems of campus mental health and student welfare.
The sides diverge: protesting students appear to be demanding accountability, while faculty solidarity frames the action against Doolla as unjust.
The episode puts governance and student wellbeing at the IITs under national scrutiny.
Watch for whether IIT-Bombay clarifies or reverses the action, whether protests subside or escalate, and whether more campuses' faculties join the defense.

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“The forum expresses solidarity with Prof Doolla, his students, and the family, and condemns the tarnishing of his reputation”
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…extreme step. ‘Was simply discharging duties’ IIT-Delhi's faculty also came out in Doolla's support, arguing he was only discharging his duties, and condemned the allegations against him without any substantial proof. " The forum expresses solidarity with Prof Doolla, his students, and the family, and condemns the tarnishing of his reputation ," the IIT-Delhi Faculty Forum said in a statement, according to a PTI report. "There is an apprehension among faculty members regarding the conduct of evaluations and maintaining academic integrity due to the…

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“Premature conclusions, media trials and speculation, including on social media, cause lasting harm to all concerned and do not serve the cause of justice or the memory of the student”
[1]Hindustan Times1h agoOpen at the quote ↗
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…faculty body also issued a statement urging fair probe into the student's death. Without naming Doolla, the faculty members cautioned against publicly holding individuals responsible before the probe is complete. “ Premature conclusions, media trials and speculation, including on social media, cause lasting harm to all concerned and do not serve the cause of justice or the memory of the student ,” it said, according to an ANI report. Referring to the IIT-Bombay faculty's stand that professor Doolla acted in accordance with the Senate-approved academic procedures, the IIT-Madras faculty said that members were…

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Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla (IIT-Bombay) removed as dean· immediate
IIT-Delhi and cross-campus faculty public solidarity mobilization· immediate
IIT-Bombay administration governance accountability scrutiny· weeks
IIT-Bombay student community student welfare scrutiny· weeks
IIT system-wide governance dean accountability norms debate· longer

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