Correspondent

The most disturbing aspect of the crisis currently plaguing IIT Bombay is that one of India’s premier institutions appears to be confronting a student’s death as a contest between opposing camps of students and faculty members. The parents of Sahil Wakode, who died by suicide last week after he was caught cheating, have alleged caste-based harassment and institutional pressure. The Mumbai Police have registered a case against Professor Suryanarayana Doolla under provisions relating to...

Mumbai: ​In a strategic maneuver designed to propel its youth onto the global professional stage, the Maharashtra government unveiled its visionary 'Global Workforce Mobility Policy 2026' on Monday. The sweeping initiative introduces country-specific 'Skill Passports', modernized vocational curricula, and airtight ethical recruitment frameworks aimed at securing lucrative overseas employment for the state's talent pool. ​The ambitious roadmap was formally launched by Chief Minister Devendra...

The death of Sahil Wakode at IIT Bombay is undoubtedly a tragic incident. It also raises a difficult question that should not be lost amid the understandable anger on campus: when does a genuine allegation of caste discrimination become a criminal charge, and what happens when the extraordinary force of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is invoked before the facts have been established? Wakode, a second-year student, died by suicide last week, hours after he was caught using a mobile...