IIT Bombay data reveals 27 of 30 UG students opting for early exit belonged to SC, ST, or OBC
New Delhi: Data obtained from IIT Bombay reveals that in 2023, 27 out of 30 undergraduate students who opted for early exit were from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), or Other Backward Classes (OBC). This early exit policy, introduced in 2023, allows students to leave BTech, dual degree, and BS programs with a "BSc Engineering" qualification.
IIT Bombay adopted the policy in 2023 , allowing early exit from BTech, BTech-MTech dual-degree, and BS programmes with the lower “BSc Engineering” qualification. As the data shows, there’s a disproportionate representation of Dalit, OBC and Adivasi students among those exercising this option of exiting without obtaining the main degree they would have taken admission for. Given below is the distribution undergraduate students to opt for exit in the first year, across categories.
The distribution of students by category was:
- General: 3
- OBC: 7
- SC: 8
- ST: 12
This policy, part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, aims to provide flexibility in academic programs. However, the high number of exits among marginalized communities highlights ongoing challenges in higher education.
Since 2019, 312 postgraduate students at IIT Bombay have also exited early.
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Four held in Kalaburagi for brutal murder of man
Kalaburagi: Four men have been arrested in Kalaburagi on charge of hacking a man with lethal weapons and pelting stones at him under the limits of Station Bazaar Police Station recently.
According to police sources, Anand Jalak Shinde (34), Ashitosh Jalak Shinde (30), Imran Mehboob Sheikh (28) and Sohaib Anwar Qureshi have been arrested. The men are accused of the brutal murder of Syed Mehboob, a resident of Station Bazaar Upper Line Hamalawadi in the city.
An FIR was filed by the Station Bazaar Police Station based on a complaint given by Syed Ismail, father of the deceased Syed Mehboob.
Following quick probe, the police team successfully arrested the suspects within 24 hours. The arrested men were produced in court and have been sent to judicial custody.
The City Police Commissionerate has appreciated in an official release the police team’s quick solving of the murder case and arrest of the four men accused of murdering Syed Mehboob.
