The researcher had issues with the faculties over alleged caste discrimination earlier as well. In 2018, she is on record saying that the faculty started targeting her ever since she won the first rank in the M.Phil entrance examinations. Even after completion of the course, authorities refused the certificate. She then passed the GATE exam and directly joined the PhD. Because of this, she said that she lost two academic years.
Kochi: The Dalit research student fighting against sexual harassment finally emerge victorious as the Nano Science department chief Nandakumar Kalarickal of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, has been removed from the post, media reports said.
The female dalit researcher gets justice on the ninth day of her strike seeking action against Nandakumar. The action seems to be the result of the government’s intervention in the matter. The Higher Education minister R Bindu was in touch with the University as part of ending the issue before it went out of hands, the reports said.
Following this Syndicate had met to take a decision on the matter. Vice-Chancellor Sabu Thomas has taken over the charge of the Nano Science department head. The University had given assurance to Deepa to look into the matter. But she was adamant and she was not willing to end her strike until nothing short of removal of Nandakumar from the post for her to return back to the institution, the reports said.
Attempts made by newsskerala.com to contact sources in the MG University failed to yield any result. When contacted by newsskerala.com, a former Syndicate member expressed ignorance about the matter.
the researcher had issues with the faculties over alleged caste discrimination earlier as well. In 2018, she is on record saying that the faculty started targeting her ever since she won the first rank in the M.Phil entrance examinations. Even after completion of the course, authorities refused the certificate. She then passed the GATE exam and directly joined the PhD. Because of this, she said that she lost two academic years.
The Dalit researcher further went on to say that during the PhD programme authorities refused her PhD thesis proposal. Following repeated complaints, the varsity decided to look into her complaint based on the report by a syndicate sub-committee. These issues happened in 2018.
