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How caste works in an IIT https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-caste-works-in-an-iit-8519120/ Despite a string of measures to make campuses inclusive spaces, at some of India’s premier engineering colleges, caste remains a vexing issue. Pallavi Smart on how caste-based discrimination takes on many forms. One of which is a question...‘What’s your [JEE] rank?’ it’s a question that unfailingly follows that first handshake with a hostel mate..., For many students from some of the reserved categories, that seemingly innocuous ice-breaker ends up being a proxy for ‘what’s your caste?’.

A professor from IIT Roorkee, said, “Campuses of IIT are bound to reflect Indian society and it is futile for the administration to deny the existence of caste on campuses. The focus should rather be on making sure that the affirmative action of reservation is implemented effectively. Reservation is implemented across IITs when it comes to student admissions. But it is missing when it comes to faculty appointments, even after the Mission Mode recruitment drive.”

Barkha Dutt LIVE | Raghuram Rajan EXCLUSIVE On "Hindu Rate Of Growth," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aIFzPgBYw 29/3/2023 Barkha Dutt speaks to former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan who was recently in the headlines for his remarks that India is "dangerously close" to the Hindu rate of growth in view of subdued private sector investment, high interest rates and slowing global growth.

Rajan also speaks on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, Adani-Hindenburg issue and the state of Indian economy.

Raghuram Rajan On Rahul Gandhi | "His Conviction An Indian Issue, Not A Party Issue" | Barkha Dutt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3l6x08zarQ 30-3-2023 "Cant go to G-20 and present yourself as the fount of democracy and then.. Raghuram Rajan speaks on the Rahul Gandhi Disqualification issue, says "It's a free speech issue and its not about BJP or Congress, It's an Indian Issue."