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Education Notes

MADHYA PRADESH medical colleges — two fostering a toxic environ- for dismissal of teachers
Student leaders each in Delhi, Tamil ment on campus. and staff who had misbe-
“The administration re-
expelled Nadu, Assam and Puduch- ceived a complaint against haved with the Nepalese
students. Subsequently,
erry; three each in Andhra
Indore, february 28. Four Pradesh and Bihar; and the professor on February the institute terminated
student leaders from the one each in Madhya 20. The Internal Com- two security staff mem-
city’s Government Holkar Pradesh, Telangana, West plaint Committee imme- bers and suspended three
Science College (estb.1891) Bengal and Uttar Pradesh diately acknowledged the senior officials, including
were expelled for gross — for failure to comply complaint and initiated a hostel administrator and
indiscipline after being with anti-ragging regula- an inquiry. Meanwhile, an International Relations
denied permission to tions. the professor resigned on Officer, pending inquiry.
organise a Holi celebration Addressing a press February 21,” he added. KIIT authorities also is-
on campus. Following an conference, UGC Secretary Apart from seeking sued an apology, acknowl-
investigation, Principal Manish Joshi said: “It was strict action against the edging the distress caused
Anamika Jain confirmed found these colleges had accused, the complainant to the foreign students.
that the college’s disci- not complied with manda- also called for an anony- Since then, of the
plinary committee has tory requirements set out mous grievance redressal 1,000 Nepalese students
expelled the students and in the Anti-Ragging Regu- system to enable students at KIIT, a small number
instructed them to collect lations, 2009. Specifically, to report harassment with- have returned to campus,
their transfer certificates. it has come to our notice out fear of retaliation. expressing fear of the
According to the that the institutions failed “traumatic experience”.
investigation report, on to obtain anti-ragging un- ODISHA
February 23, the student dertakings from students KIIT over-reaction KERALA
leaders had advertised the as required by the said Ragging cases
celebration on campus regulations.” Bhubaneswar, february 25.
announcing the event for The colleges have been The state government has registered
March 7 without the prin- directed to submit a writ- directed the management Thiruvananthapuram,
cipal’s approval. When the ten explanation within of the top-ranked Kalinga February 18. An incident
administration removed seven days from the date Institute of Industrial of ragging involving a
the publicity material, of receiving the notice, Technology (KIIT) to take first-year biotechnology
students locked the doors detailing reasons for the stringent action against student who was assaulted
of an auditorium from lapse and the action they employees who misbe- by a group of seven third-
outside and cut-off power intend to take to rectify haved with Nepalese stu- year students has come to
supply leaving 150 people this situation immediately. dents following the suicide light in the Kariavattom
including the Principal, of a 20-year-old Nepal Government College. The
professors, and other staff MAHARASHTRA national on campus. victim informed an Inter-
trapped inside for nearly TISS professor Soon after the suicide nal Grievances Redressal
30 minutes. came to light, Nepalese Cell (IGRC) that senior
The report described resignation students argued with KIIT students dragged him into
this as a serious act of Mumbai, february 24. The staff demanding permis- a Students’ Federation of
indiscipline and recom- Tata Institute of Social sion to view the body. This India (SFI) unit room and
mended strict action Sciences (TISS), Mumbai led to violent altercations beat him up.
against the student lead- launched an inquiry into during which several stu- After IGRC confirma-
ers, who were later found allegations of sexual ha- dents were forcibly evicted tion, the principal for-
guilty by the disciplinary rassment and bullying lev- from their hostels by KIIT warded the complaint
panel. elled by a student against employees and abandoned to Kazhakkuttom police
an assistant professor, at a railway station far station. Subsequently, the
DELHI who has resigned follow- from the state capital. police registered a case
UGC show-cause ing the accusation. intervened after Nepal’s against the seven students
The state government
based on prior complaints
In a written complaint
notices to TISS Chancellor, Prof. foreign minister Dr. Arzu and other incidents of
New felhi, february 6. The D.P. Singh and Union edu- Rana Deuba, shared ragging.
University Grants Com- cation minister Dharmen- her concern with chief
mission (UGC) issued dra Pradhan, the student minister Mohan Charan Paromita Sengupta with bureau
show-cause notices to 18 accused the professor of Majhi. Dr. Deuba called inputs

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