India, Oct. 20 -- More than 175 former students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) on Monday appealed to political parties to stay away from the campus. The campus must remain a space dedicated to education, research, innovation, and intellectual growth, free from political interference, they said in a media statement. They also expressed concern over ongoing protests against the suicide of an IIT-B student and political involvement in the same, fearing these could affect the studies of nearly 12,000 students.

In the media statement, the IIT-B alumni raised seven concerns regarding developments on campus over the past month. They said that while they respected the right of students to protest peacefully and seek justic...