Premier institutes stay away from Citizenship Act unrest 'officially'

Students and faculty at IITs and IIMs, however, come out in personal capacity against police crackdown on students

When you enter the campus of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, you will be welcomed with a big black banner which says ‘in solidarity with JMI and AMU’. Post the police crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, scenes like these are a common sight at premier Indian institutes such as IITs, IIMs, IISc.

While the students and faculty members have come out in support of JMI and AMU students in their personal capacities, institutions have steered clear from issuing any official comments on either the police crackdown or the Citizenship Amendment Act.

The IIT Student