MPhil student alleges that guide used casteist slurs

Ahmedabad | Saturday | 21st July, 2018

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Even after all this, she threatened me saying she will not let my MPhil research work be completed. Ahmedabad: A complaint letter issued by an MPhil student of Gujarat University’s Social Sciences Department against her research guide, came as a shocker at the varsity’s academic council meeting held on Saturday. The student, in her letter, alleged that her MPhil guide, who is an assistant professor in the department, made casteist remarks at her, made her do domestic chores and sought a sum of Rs 50,000 to get MPhil completed in a month.“I had registered myself in August 2016. “We have received the letter and the issue was represented before the academic council on Saturday. She used to insult me by saying I belong to a lower caste and passed casteist remarks at me, in public, using foul language..