New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- A conference on caste and race organised at IIT Delhi earlier this month has triggered sharp criticism over its content and choice of speakers, following which the institute has constituted a fact-finding committee and assured appropriate action in line with institutional protocols.

The conference, titled "Critical Philosophy of Caste and Race", was organised by the Critical Philosophy of Caste and Race (CPCR), a research study group functioning under the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Delhi.

Details of the agenda and speakers were widely circulated on social media, with several users alleging that radical activists were invited to present what they described as a "single-sided view on caste." ...