infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan serves as a member of the IISc Board of Trustees.
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The Sadashivanagar police have registered a case against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and 17 members of Indian Institute of Science under the SC/ST Act based on a private complaint filed by a faculty member accusing them of dismissing him from service through a fake honey trap case and subjecting him to casteist abuse.
The complainant, Professor D. Sanna Durgappa, formerly with Centre for Sustainable Technologies, had approached the 71st city civil and session court. The court directed the jurisdictional police to register a case and investigate the matter. The case was registered on January 27.
The complainant, Durgappa, who belongs to the Bovi community (scheduled caste), was a faculty member at the Centre for Sustainable Technology at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
According to the complaint, the accused used fake honey trap case to dismiss him from service in 2014. He further alleged that he was subjected to casteist abuse and threats.
The account in this case include Govindan Rangarajan, Sridhar Warrier, Sandya Vishwswaraih, Hari KVs, Dasappa, Balaram P, Hemalata Mhishi, Chattopadyya K, Pradeep D Sawkar, and Manoharan.
There was no response from the IISc faculty or from Kris Gopalakrishnan, who serves as a member of the IISc Board of Trustees.
(With PTI inputs)
Published – January 28, 2025 06:35 am is
