The move comes days after the death of Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, who was allegedly found with a mobile phone inside an examination hall during the mid-semester examinations.Days after Sahil Wakode’s suicide at the IIT Bombay hostel after being allegedly caught using his mobile phone for answers, the newly formed committee at the institute has proposed ways to handle such cases — which include allowing students to speak to their mentors before a disciplinary action is taken against them. Among other things is listing consequences for exam malpractice on the first page of answer sheets. The proposals are part of a planned overhaul of how such cases are handled at IIT Bombay.These are among the measures being discussed by a newly constituted committee at IIT Bombay that will frame student-friendly Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for invigilators and review the manner in which incidents of suspected academic misconduct are dealt with.
The committee will have equal representation of faculty and students, a move that comes days after students included greater representation in decision-making bodies among the 18 demands in a charter submitted to IIT Bombay director on September 20.
