From Scholarships to Mental Health: IIT-Delhi Students Flag Multiple Barriers for SC/ST Scholars
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 04 April 2026 | The Indian Express
“Severe under-representation of SC/ST faculty,” “pessimism” toward candidates from these communities, lack of representation in decision-making bodies, inadequate academic support: these are among the issues that SC/ST faculty and students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi flagged before the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in February.
Nearly a year after the Committee’s last visit to the IIT in April as part of a broader review of the implementation of Constitutional safeguards for marginalised communities by premier institutions, the submissions — made in the form of a memorandum — suggest that structural gaps flagged earlier persist, from hiring and representation to academic support and campus climate. Similar concerns were raised last year too…