IIT Jodhpur students block institute's entrances; bring work

Students of IIT Jodhpur, who have been boycotting their classes for past one week demanding removal of Director C V R Murti, today brought academic and administrative work to a standstill by blocking all the entrances of the institute.
"We made human barriers at all the entrances of the institute to stop both academic and administrative staff from entering the premises," said one of the protesting students.
Following this, the Director sent a letter to the students asking them to call off their agitation and not to block the administrative functioning of the institute.
The students have been demanding the removal of Murti after the institute sacked one of its faculty members Ganesh Bagler.

Bagler, who was working on probation, had moved the court to protest against his termination from the institute.
According to IIT spokesperson Amar Deep Sharma, Bagler's services have been found to be unsatisfactory by a review committee following which he was terminated with effect from April 9.
Some of the faculty members, who have been supporting the agitation of the students, yesterday met Jodhpur MP Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to bring the issue to his notice.
The MP said that he would discuss the matter with the students and faculty members before taking it up with the Union HRD ministry on Thursday and would make sure that the issue is resolved as soon as possible.