IIT-R senate to decide fate of expelled students today

August 11, 2016 12:06

The IIT-Roorkee senate will today meet to take a relook at the decision to expel 10 first-year BTech students for scoring less than five CGPA.

The decision for a relook follows a request to this effect from the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development. The senate includes director, deputy director, professors, representatives of employees, among others as members.

Director of IIT Roorkee Pradipta Bannerjee said it is up to the senate to approve or disapprove of the idea to take back the expelled students.

Political motives are being ascribed to the MHRD's communication to the IIT administration as all of these students belong to either SC, ST or OBC categories.

When asked whether it was not an instance of political interference with the institute's autonomy, Bannerjee said it would have been so if it was an order but "it is just a request and the senate is at liberty to accept it or turn it down".

As per IIT rules, if a student fails to get a minimum CGPA of five they have to be expelled.

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