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IIT-Delhi constitutes committee after row over caste, racism conference
The Morning Standard
|January 27, 2026
THE Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has come under criticism over a recently organised conference that examined issues of caste, racism and their intersections in Indian society, prompting the institute to constitute a fact-finding committee to look into the matter.
The controversy centres on a conference titled “Celebrating 25 Year's of Durban: Indian Contributions to Combatting Caste and Racism”, organised by the Critical Philosophy of Caste and Race(CPCR) research study group under IIT Delhi’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. The event was held from January 16 to 18, 2026, at the institute’s Sen
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