NIT Calicut Faces Student Backlash for Alleged Attempts to Erase P Rajan’s Legacy
Ajay U K | 22 January 2025 | The News Minute
Students and alumni at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) have alleged that the administration is making sustained efforts to erase the legacy of their former student P Rajan, who was killed in police custody in 1976. They said that the latest incident involved the taking down of a promotional video for the university’s popular cultural fest, Ragam, which depicted Rajan being taken away by the police. After their requests to have the video re-released were ignored, the students have pointed out that Rajan’s political legacy was especially significant in a university like NITC, which has no political representation, and where acts of dissent are actively suppressed…