Enrolment denied because of political affiliation and caste, alleges petitioner A district-level functionary of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the students’ wing of the Congress, has got interim relief from the Kerala High Court on his plea accusing the University of Calicut authorities of denying him Ph.D admission because of his status as a Dalit.
K.P. Lijith Chandran, the Malappuram district president of the KSU, had secured second rank in the Ph.D entrance test conducted by the Department of Life Sciences last year. Mr. Chandran, a native of Anakkara in Palakkad district, had completed M. Phil in Biochemistry with three specializations.
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Panel seeks report on denial of PhD admission to Dalit student
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Senior investigator of commission writes to Calicut varsity Registrar
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Senior investigator of commission writes to Calicut varsity Registrar
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has sought an action taken report from the Registrar, University of Calicut, on the alleged denial of admission to a Dalit student to the PhD programme in the Department of Life Sciences. The senior investigator of the commission said in a letter on April 30 to the Registrar that the report must be sent in 20 days.
K.P. Lijith Chandran, the Dalit student, who is also the Malappuram district president of the Kerala Students Union, the Congress’ student wing, had secured the second rank in the PhD entrance test conducted by the university in 2020. Though the rank list is valid for a year, Mr. Chandran was denied enrolment despite a vacancy in the department because of his political affiliation and his