Higher studies and the marginalised | ST seats for Ph.D programmes in IIT Bombay not filled
The Hindu
None of the 26 departments in IIT Bombay managed to fill seats reserved for Scheduled Tribe students in Ph.D programmes between 2015 to 2019, according to data obtained through Right to Information queries.
The data obtained by the Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle, a student collective in IIT Bombay, showed that 25 of the 26 departments failed to fill Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Scheduled Castes (SC) quota as well. Eleven of the 26 departments did not admit a single student under ST category in the period under question.
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