Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- IIT Bombay Faculty Forum president Professor Dr Rajkumar S Pant on Tuesday backed Professor Suryanarayana Doolla amid the investigation into the death by suicide of student Sahil Ravindra Wakode, saying Doolla acted as per institutional rules after seeing the student use a mobile phone during an examination. The faculty forum president said that Sahil had never made any complaint to the SC Cell at the college regarding alleged cast discrimination.

Speaking to ANI in a detailed interview, Pant said Doolla had only been relieved of his administrative duties as Dean of Administrative Affairs amid the ongoing investigation and continued to remain a teaching faculty member at IIT Bombay.

"Professor Doolla is not suspended...