Mumbai Based Doctor To Sponsor Dalit Girl's Studies Who Secured Admission In IIT BHU Following Allahabad HC's Intervention

A Mumbai-based doctor on Monday came forward to sponsor the studies of a Dalit girl student who secured admission to IIT BHU following Allahabad High Court's intervention last week.

Essentially, filing an application for intervention, Dr.Sonal Chauhan [working as Consultant MD, DMRE, MBBS at Wadia Children Hospital, Mumbai] submitted before the Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, that she wishes to sponsor the entire study of Dalit Student, Sanskriti Ranjan at IIT BHU for Mathematics and Computing (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree) Course.

It may be noted that Petitioner Sanskriti Ranjan had earlier moved the Allahabad High Court after she lost her seat at IIT BHU over her failure to submit Rs. 15K towards seat acceptance fee, due to the financial crisis being faced by her.

Taking into account her plight, the bench of Justice DK Singh had last week directed the I.I.T. (B.H.U.) Varanasi to admit her and Justice Singh had himself volunteered to contribute Rs.15,000/- towards the fee for allocation of the seat and handed over the said amount to her after the court hours.

Read more about the case here: Allahabad HC Directs IIT BHU To Admit Dalit Girl Who Lost Seat Over Failure To Pay Fee In Time; Court Contributes Towards Her Fee

Thereafter, on Monday (December 6), the Court was informed that the petitioner had been given admission. Also, when the petitioner came to know that the Mumbai-based doctor wishes to sponsor her studies, she expressed her deepest gratitude to Dr. Sonal Chauhan.

In fact, the Counsel for the petitioner informed the Court that several I.I.T. alumni have contacted him, even many advocates have come forward to sponsor the entire study of the petitioner.

Against this backdrop, placing on record its special appreciation for Dr. Sonal Chauhan for her noble gesture, the Court remarked thus:

"This is quite heartening that capable section of the society is willing to sponsor the study of a meritorious girl student from lower strata of the society. The Court places appreciation on record to all such persons, who have volunteered to sponsor entire study of the petitioner."

However, the Court did note that this is not a solitary case where a brilliant student coming from the lower strata of Society faces such difficulty in depositing the fee after cracking the admission test for a prestigious institutions such as IIT.

Observing that others might not have been so fortunate to come to Court, the Court sought to know from Union of India as well from the State Government as to whether there is some scheme/fund for sponsoring the study of such students who secure admission in the best of the Institution through entrance exams such as J.E.E./N.E.E.T./C.L.A.T., etc., but they are unable to pay their fee because of their poor economic conditions.-

The Court directed that the instructions from the State Government as well as Central Government should be placed on record before the next date of listing of the case i.e., on December 20.

Case title - Sanskriti Ranjan v. Joint Seat Allocation Authority Thru. Org. Chairman Jee & Ors

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