IIT Bombay stopped collecting caste category information for placements from year 2024

The ailment was filed by Dheeraj Singh, Founder of Global IIT alumni Support Group which has been helping SC/ST students successful the placement process. In his ailment Singh had alleged that the placement Office astatine IIT Bombay was straight progressive successful carrying retired discriminatory practices against students belonging to SC backgrounds who were participating successful the field placement; by making it mandatory to capable their caste-category and class fertile successful JEE exams.

Taking cognisance of the complaint, the NCSC, arsenic per the procedure; had asked the IIT to taxable an enactment taken report. IIT Bombay’s effect to the NCSC states, “In the past, IIT Bombay Placement bureau utilized to cod class accusation of the students to springiness it to PSUs erstwhile they inquire for the class information. The placement bureau stopped collecting this accusation from the twelvemonth 2024 onwards. When PSUs enlistee students, their unit verify the commencement class documents for positions reserved for definite commencement categories. The placement bureau is not progressive successful collecting this data.”