India, Sept. 22 -- Divisions have emerged among faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) over support for Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, at the centre of protests following a student's suicide on September 18 that has shaken the premier engineering institute.

On Monday, the IIT-B's Faculty Forum issued a statement in support of Doolla and carried out a march to protest his suspension as dean of administrative affairs even as IIT-B said it will provide him legal assistance.

However, the IIT-B faculty is not unanimous in its support for Doolla. Prof Suryakant Waghmore, who teaches sociology in the Department of Humanities and Social Science, alleged that the faculty supporting Doolla was putting pressure on the investigati...