Agencies Posted online: Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 1353 hours IST
New Delhi, May 6: SC/ST students at AIIMS face discrimination at all levels right from consultation with teachers, during examinations and even in hostels, a committee probing discrimination at the institute said slamming authorities for not recognising the gravity of the social divide.
The committee, headed by UGC Chairman Prof S K Thorat, in its report said their is sufficient evidence to support the view that AIIMS administration headed by the Director P Venugopal played a proactive role in the organization of the anti-quota agitation last year.
The report, which was submitted to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, said SC/ST students face discrimination at all level right from consultation with teachers, in the classroom, during examination and even in hostel.
Saying that AIIMS should address the issue immediately, it held that "the consequences of the social exclusion for SC/ST are far more serious as this has developed in to psychological problems and a sense of insecurity among them".
Devoting an entire page on the anti-quota agitation, Thorat in his voluminous report, complete with annexures and media clippings, said the anti-quota agitation was planned by a group of people who had strong views against the reservation bill to be passed soon in Parliament.
There is sufficient evidence to support the view the administration of AIIMS headed by the Director Dr Venugopal played a proactive role in the organization of the agitation," the report, which is available with PTI, said.
