KOZHIKODE: The National Institute of Technology has issued a notice to its ladies hostel inmates, threatening expulsion if they are found "roaming with boy students" inside the residential campus. Issued by warden S Bhuvaneshwari, the notice was taken down after it was condemned. The notice cited punishment only for female students leading to condemnation for gender insensitivity and moral policing.
An NIT-C student posted on Facebook, "Dear NITC, does your moral consciousness end on seeing boys and girls together. And why the action is only against 'her'. Prof Paul Joseph of the department of electrical engineering said the notice made him sad. "I really wonder where are we going? Some people never understand the changes taking place in our society. Let them suspend some students for walking together, then I will interfere as a citizen of our great India! I really don't know this person who has put that notice!!" he said. Student representative Nimisha Roy said it came as a shock. "We could not believe that such a notice would be issued by NIT-C authorities. The warden said the notice was issued after getting complaints from residents of faculty accommodations." Dean (students' welfare) G Unnikrishnan said NIT-C had always been fostering gender diversity. "The warden... might have only intended to remind students about courtesies," he said.
