solution to the conflict of interest problem in the Madras IIT.

It is really good that IIT students and managements dispute over the curb of  right to express opinion on matters of relevance is solved amicably without giving any  chance for the political parties to fish in troubled water . But, it is a pity that even in institute of higher learning like IIT the castes and religious factors  divide the students, just because, the presence of students of a particular community is  big in number. The voice of the minority should not be crushed either by the management or by the majority community students . An environment of freedom in thinking and expression alone  would enable the young students to liberate from the narrowness of caste or religious politics and broaden their vision towards analysing the socio, economic and political aspects of our nation  in a matured manner and improve their logical reasoning and analytical  skills  .It is high time for the IIT faculty to instill such values in the minds of the students instead of supporting the majority view. If tahy fail in this duty they can be accused of being the tool for making the IIT students pawn in the hands of the caste based political parties  It is advisable for IIT managements to deal with any campus  problem in an impartial manner and prove their autonomy by independent decisions  instead  succumbing to dictates from HRD ministry