A case has been registered against the director and seven professors of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) for allegedly discriminating against a Dalit associate professor on the basis of his caste, police said on Saturday.
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Based on the complaint from the associate professor, a case was registered on Friday against the director and other faculty members of IIMB under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
“We received the complaint and filed a case. However, those named in the FIR claimed that they obtained a stay order from the court the same evening. But we are yet to receive the order,” a senior officer said.
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According to police, Gopal Das, an associate professor at IIMB, alleged that eight persons deliberately revealed and publicised his caste at workplace and he was denied equal opportunity.
In a statement issued earlier, the IIMB claimed that rather than harassment or discrimination, Das has received all forms of support from the Institute since his recruitment in 2018, starting with his applying for the position of Assistant Professor, but being offered the role of Associate Professor based on his qualifications and experience.
According to IIMB, he has received significant incentives since he joined IIMB for his research and teaching, in addition to his salary as Associate Professor as per the 7th central pay commission of the Government of India. He has been given positions of responsibility including Chairperson, Institutional Review Board; Member, Career Development Services Committee and Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
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“He has taught courses of his choice across different academic programmes of the Institute.
Dr Das’s allegations of discrimination against the Institute and its faculty arose only when his application for promotion was put on hold because of complaints of harassment lodged by some doctoral students against him. An enquiry conducted by IIMB as per the rules, with the committee including a reputed academic from the SC category from an eminent institution, found that the students’ complaints were justified,” it stated.
