MIT Suspends Indian-Origin Student for Writing 'Pro-Palestine' Essay, Sparks Outrage
11 December 2024 | Money Control News
An Indian-origin PhD scholar has been suspended from the reputed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for writing a 'pro-Palestine' essay for a college magazine last month that the college saw as potentially calling for violent protests. Prahlad Iyengar, who is pursuing a PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was suspended till January 2026, which could effectively end his academic career at MIT as it will terminate his five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship…