Sahil Wakode, the IIT Bombay student allegedly caught using a mobile phone and ChatGPT during an exam, had expressed remorse and asked the institute for “one more chance” before dying by suicide, police sources have told NDTV.
Prof Doolla reported the matter to the head of the department. The second-year student was caught by Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who was subsequently accused by Wakode’s parents of caste discrimination against their son. “The student indulged in malpractice during the exam.
The sources said the professor refuted the claims made by Wakode’s parents and asserted that no student was mentally harassed. If a professor is being vilified just for discharging his duties, then it is a problem for the entire teaching community in the country,” Prof Rajkumar Pant, chief of the IIT Bombay Faculty Forum, said.
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