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IIT Bombay Faculty Forum Supports Professor After Student Death
A student at IIT Bombay died, and the faculty forum offered condolences to the family.
The forum also supported Professor Suryanarayana Doolla.
It said he was supervising an exam on September 18.
During the exam, he allegedly found a student using a phone without permission.
The professor reported the matter to institute authorities.
The forum said he followed the institute’s approved rules.
It was concerned that his reputation was being damaged.
The forum did not say whether the student caught using the phone was the student who died.
The IIT Bombay Faculty Forum expressed solidarity with Professor Suryanarayana Doolla amid concerns about alleged reputational harm.
The forum mourned the student’s death and offered condolences to the student’s family.
It said Doolla was invigilating a mid-semester examination from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, September 18.
The forum said he reported a student allegedly using an unauthorised smartphone during the examination according to institute procedure.
The statement did not establish whether the student involved in the examination incident was the student who died.
- Who
- The IIT Bombay Faculty Forum, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, and a deceased student.
- What
- The forum backed Professor Doolla while mourning the student’s death and addressing concerns about damage to the professor’s reputation.
- Where
- IIT Bombay in Mumbai.
- When
- The examination took place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, September 18; the statement was issued on Sunday. The year was not specified.
- Why
- The forum said Doolla had reported alleged examination malpractice while following institute-approved procedures, and it opposed what it described as tarnishing his reputation.
Key facts
- Institution
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Faculty body
- IIT Bombay Faculty Forum
- Professor
- Suryanarayana Doolla
- Examination time
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, September 18
- Reported conduct
- Alleged unauthorised smartphone possession and use during an examination
- Statement signatory
- Professor Rajkumar S. Pant, president of the IIT Bombay Faculty Forum
- Key uncertainty
- The forum did not indicate whether the student in the examination incident was the student who died.
Quotes
IIT Bombay Faculty Forum
Formal faculty body representing IIT Bombay professors and conveying their views to the institute and other organisations.
“The Faculty Forum of IIT Bombay is absolutely distressed with the tarnishing of the reputation of our colleague Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla, who was merely discharging his academic duties and following the institute-approved procedures.”
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