Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- IIT Bombay Faculty Forum president Professor Rajkumar S Pant on Tuesday said students could protest for various reasons and that the incident involving the death by suicide of student Sahil Ravindra Wakode could have become a trigger for broader frustrations, even as he defended Professor Suryanarayana Doolla amid allegations of caste-based harassment.

Speaking to ANI in a detailed interview on the protests against Doolla, Pant said, "Students can protest due to various reasons, and sometimes an incident or a situation can act as a trigger for them to express their frustration about many underlying issues."

He said IIT Bombay was a highly competitive environment and that students faced several pressures, while mainta...