IIT Kharagpur Scraps Hostel Dining Hall Meal Segregation Following Alumni Backlash
Subhankar Chowdhury | 10 September 2025 | The Telegraph
IIT Kharagpur has officially withdrawn a policy that enforced seating segregation in hostel dining halls based on vegetarian and non-vegetarian food preferences.
The decision comes three weeks after a directive was issued on August 16 to residents of the BR Ambedkar Hall of Residence, instructing them to follow designated seating arrangements for vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals. Alumni and former faculty condemned the directive, raising concerns that it promotes divisions…