Archive · 3 Dec 2025
IIT Jodhpur Professor Sentenced for Rape
A professor named Vivek Vijay Vargia from IIT Jodhpur was sent to jail for 10 years.
He was found guilty of doing something very bad to a woman who was his student a long time ago.
The woman was 35 years old when this happened in 2019.
The professor knew her because he had taught her before and then hired her for a job at the same school.
The court also made him pay a fine of Rs 20,000.
He worked at IIT Jodhpur from 2009 until he was sentenced in 2024.
Vivek Vijay Vargia, an assistant professor at IIT Jodhpur, was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a former student in 2019.
The victim was 35 years old at the time of the incident.
Vargia knew the woman as he had taught her briefly in 2000 and re-employed her in 2011.
The sentence was delivered by a Noida fast-track court, which also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000.
Vargia was a faculty member in the mathematics department at IIT Jodhpur from February 2009 to December 2024.
- Who
- Vivek Vijay Vargia, an assistant professor at IIT Jodhpur
- What
- Rape of a former student
- When
- The incident occurred in 2019, and the sentence was delivered in 2024
- Where
- The crime took place in Noida, and the trial was conducted in a Noida fast-track court
- Why
- Vargia was found guilty of raping a former student who he had taught briefly in 2000 and re-employed in 2011
- Name
- Vivek Vijay Vargia
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
- Institution
- IIT Jodhpur
- Victim's Age
- 35 years old
- Sentence
- 10 years of rigorous imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 20,000
- Year of Incident
- 2019
- Employment Duration
- February 2009 to December 2024