TISS Mumbai Serves Eviction Notices on PhD Scholars to Vacate Campus in 24 Hours
Sukanya Shantha | 30 July 2024 | The Wire
Early on Tuesday, July 30 morning, over a dozen residential PhD scholars at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) were served eviction notices, demanding they vacate their campus accommodations within 24 hours. The notices cited the scholars’ enrollment over five years ago, disqualifying them from on-campus housing. The affected scholars primarily belong to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and Denotified/Nomadic communities.
The majority of these scholars hail from rural parts of Maharashtra and other regions of India. “How does the institute administration think we can vacate our rooms in a day and move to our hometown?” questioned one scholar…