After Bombay, IIT-Hyderabad considering 'pure veg' section and mess: Report
The News Minute, IIT-Hyderabad received an email containing a survey for hostel residents. The survey aimed to gauge whether students were interested in registering for a dining hall exclusively serving vegetarian food. The email included a link to a form and indicated that the survey was initiated at the request of the IIT-H Director and some students.
The survey closed on the following day, and by July 27, another email was sent to students who had chosen the 'pure vegetarian' option, giving them a one-day window to complete their registration for it. Also Read: Student protesting against IIT Bombay's ‘veg-only’ table policy fined ₹10,000 During the initial week of August, students noticed that a designated vegetarian area had been established within the new mess dining hall, The News Minute reported. Mint could not independently confirm the development. The IIT-H campus features two canteens: one is the old canteen, and the other is a newer one.
“The old canteen does not have any such segregation. The vegetarian-only section is in the new canteen, where even faculty and other staff members come to eat now. It may also have something to do with the faculty members.
They have set up a separate section entirely with utensils for vegetarians. The result of that survey was not made public," said a student from IIT-H who did not wish to be identified. An unnamed faculty member from the institution informed The News Minute that the introduction of the vegetarian section might have been influenced by the presence of other faculty members who utilize the same canteen.
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