Guwahati, May 2 -- In compliance with a recent ruling by the Gauhati High Court, the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has reinstated Vikrant Singh, a PhD research scholar, who had been dismissed in 2021 for allegedly defaming the institution and its officials.

The court ruled that IIT-G's decision to terminate Vikrant's studentship was arbitrary and directed the institute to reverse it.

IIT-G informed Vikrant in its latest communication that it would immediately reinstate him in the PhD programme under the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Earlier, IIT-G had accused Vikrant of disrupting the academic environment through his social media posts and communications, which the institute deemed defamatory. ...