Watch: IIT Kharagpur Teacher Abuses SC, ST Students For Not Standing Up For National Anthem

A teacher in IIT-Kharagpur hurled abuses at students during an online class as some of them had allegedly not stood up for the National Anthem and did not say “Bharat Mata ki Jai". Students had recorded the teacher abusing them and their families and uploaded the video on social media platforms.

In the viral video, the teacher identified as Seema Singh from the department of humanities and social sciences can be seen screaming and calling the students of a preparatory class, ‘shameless’ and “bloody b*^#@$%!.

 

 

 

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Notably, a preparatory class is a batch of students from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and persons with disability categories, who are unable to get direct admission to IIT through JEE Advanced. 

We demand following
1) Immediate termination of such casteist & authoritarian professor
2) She be booked under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, &
3) Set-up a permanent SC, ST, and OBC Cell at IIT Kharagpur & all other IITs#IIT #casteincampus #indianinstituteofuppercastes
6/n

— APPSC IIT Bombay (@AppscIITb) April 26, 2021

“This [standing up for the national anthem] is the bare minimum you can do for the country. You have to stand for two minutes in the honour of the national anthem…you can do it…this is also on your parents…do you have any shame, you shameless creatures of prep course?,” Professor Seema Singh can be heard screaming as she threatens to give zeroes as scores for all the 128 students in the class.

Here is an IIT professor showing caste arrogance at SC/ST & PD students. She should be sacked immediately. Apparently, she is the co-author of the article "Learning to learn from the Other: subaltern life narrative, everyday classroom and critical pedagogy."#End_Casteism_In_IIT https://t.co/TTLh8LjS02

— V P Sanu (@VP_Sanu) April 26, 2021

She further dared students to complain against her, go to the “minority affair committee” or “ministry of education”.

There is no discrimination in premier institutes? This is what happens in IITs. IIT Kharagpur Prof. Seema Singh openly abuses freshers enrolled in Preparatory English Course for SC/ST/PD students and challenges them to complain.

Will the government book her under PoA Act? pic.twitter.com/YvzOuxjmwm

— Azhar (@lonelyredcurl) April 26, 2021

The two-minute video clip of the incident has emerged on various social media platforms and sent shockwaves in the IIT community. People on Twitter slammed her behaviour and demanded action against her with the hashtag #End_Casteism_In_IIT:

Totally intolerable & shocking news from IIT Kharagpur, once again SC, ST student now suffering from threatening, abusive languages, stop it right now, Prof. Seema Singh should be removed immediately. #End_Casteism_In_IIT

— Hansraj Meena (@HansrajMeena) April 26, 2021

The National Commission for SC/ST must take cognisance of this asap. I also hope that IIT Kharagpur places this faculty on immediate suspension. This is brazen atrocity---many thousands of such incidents occur because of casteist faculty--for once, we have audio/video evidence. https://t.co/0QfNGq63UB

— dr. meena kandasamy | à®Â‡ளவà¯Â‡னிலà¯Â (@meenakandasamy) April 26, 2021

The Casteist remarks made by a Professor of IIT Kharagpur on SC/ST students during an online class are atrocious.The professor must be suspended with immediate effect and booked under SC/ST Act. Casteism will not be tolerated at any cost. #End_Casteism_In_IIT

— Chandra Shekhar Aazad (@BhimArmyChief) April 26, 2021

The casteism towards young SC/ST students in IIT Kharagpur will not be tolerated at any cost.

We demand an immediate suspension and booking the professor in SC/ST act on an immediate basis.#End_Casteism_In_IIT

— à¤Â•à¥Âश à¤Â†à¤Â‚बà¥Â‡डà¤Â•रवादà¥Â€ (Ú©Ø´) (@Kush_voice) April 26, 2021

Today IIT Kharagpur prof used abusive language against SC/ST students in an online class.

Thankfully the incident got recorded unlike so many other incidents which go unwitnessed.

Do we need a movement like #Metoo to call out these casteist tormentors?#End_Casteism_In_IIT

— Piyush Thorat, IRS (@PiyushTho) April 26, 2021

"Shameless creatures": this is how they humiliate.
"I will give zero marks": this is how they kill talents.
"Bloody bastards, this is also on your parents": this is how they abuse ur forefathers.

Listening this casteist professor may push u in depression. #End_Casteism_In_IIT pic.twitter.com/64q1vs5Jaf

— Rakesh (@Rakesh_tweaks) April 26, 2021

The Mumbai chapter of the Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC)—a student organisation demanded that the professor be terminated and booked under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, according to Hindustan Times. “She is in complete cognisance of her actions and proclaims immunity from any disciplinary actions and consequences,” APPSC said in a statement.

“A few hours ago, I got an email in this regard. In the IIT system, we do not support such language. We will take some action,” Tamal Nath, registrar, told The Hindu.