What are your views about Gender Inequality in VIT University?

I passed out of VIT in '10 batch and am sickened to my veins to see the situations have not changed... It was sick then, it is sick now. This recent article by one of the victims (http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2013/11/college-punished-daring-ask-women-shouldnt-equal-rights-heres-story/) says it all... While I dont mean to say that taking donations for seats is their biggest flaws, I do want to say that gender bias IS. While I was in college, the chancellor, who only appeared for speeches, seemed like a reasonable and good man. I knew it then, and now its affirmed all the more, that that was a well concocted elaborate LIE. I have seen this trend in a major part of Tamil Nadu as a whole, but I'd leave that accusation for another time. (One time, we managed to sneak out of college to go to a water park in Chennai, and the swimming pool had separations for male and female... CMONNNN) Whoever above said, its the management's best effort to control the population of thousands, please wake up... If you cant control 10,000 students, then dont take 10,000 students... To look back and see I didn't do anything about it when I was there, makes me feel ashamed of myself. I urge all VITians, ex and current to do their best to address this issue. An online/social response is still better than no response at all.

Yeah there is a lot of restrictions on girls..I agree to it  but during this four years or so they are the responsibility of  VIT management & this restrictions are the precautions taken by management & if we(boys & also the girls to some extent....and only some) were the way we should be I don't think there would be such strict rules. Its always difficult to handle thousands without rules. haa its inequality when these rules are applied only on girls. VIT is not the place just of teenagers, there are also people of other age group. I had a talk with one faculty once he said that it becomes difficult when he has to bring his daughter into campus certain times. yeah we are grownups now but the managements is too with experience.we are here with a motto and I don't think the rules made are in any case hindrance to it. (of-course to certain other things ). talking about the opportunity I think we  are equally treated... and if we talk about the late night calls & time regulations I think there lies inequality. Wish VIT management reviews its rules & mend it to extent it is required.... you didn't fight against it...u regret that and u r asking others to do....this is what the people are like....first we boys need to change...and if we do change...then find flaws in  VIT management...and u look why VIT takes so many students...then understand that it has such rules thats why....and if u r smart enough then why u took admission in such university. And if you call in time and late night call rules bias then i think our parents are also biased. plz try to understand it from a parents perspective, during this four or so. VIT is like our guardian and it cannot take any kind of risk in anyone's case.. And we people shout in India rape case is on rise...need strict rules. And when there r strict rules in VIT we say the rules r strict...what basically do we want... the condition for womens can only change when men change...they respect them...here i dont mean that we dont but there r some...and itz always because of some everyone has to suffer. so we need to avoid pointing fingers on other when we ourselves r not up to the required mark. I too hav sister..when i look from their point of view i really feel bad...but when i look from my parents point of view i feel security for them which matters more for me... and if we want both perspective to be there then i will again say that we men should learn some manners we should me ashamed of the plight of women in India. we must learn to respect them..hope u get my point.. AND I can assure u that these condition can only altered when the men society changes or when we hav very very strict rules...which will again be biased

Before we go into a discussion on opinion, lets review the facts of the matter: 1.VIT includes discrimination on the basis of sex in its core values - go and see the plaque on core values of vit opposite the elevators in TT ground floor. 2. Boy's curfew: 930pm on all days, 1130pm on saturday. They can move in and out of campus freely. Their ID cards are never scanned, fingerprinting is never done when they leave the campus. 3. Girl's curfew: Weekdays: Campus curfew  is 7pm. They cannot leave campus after 6pm. Hostel curfew 830pm.   Girls cannot leave campus for more than 2 hours in a day. This rule is flexible, but all warden's, security guards and others will never confirm this. Their fingerprint ID is taken whenever they leave and enter campus. They can only move out through certain gates. Weekends: Girls can only leave campus on one of the days, not both. The outing permission is only for 6 hours. They have to be in campus before 5pm. The permission for going out has to be through online application submitted to the wardens. The approval is subject to the warden's availability and mood. The hostel curfew for all weekends is 6pm. 4. Leaves: Boys can basically get a leave form signed or get online approval from proctor/program manager/ project guide if they want to leave. If the online approval doesn't get done, wardens generally allow them to leave. Girls have umpteen types of leave permissions which have to be approved by wardens before they are allowed to leave (I do not know all of them). Nowadays, if they leave in the late hours of the night, a VIT guard will escort them to the train station or bus stand. Girls have limits to the number of times they can apply for leave in a month and no one in this college agrees on what the regulations actually are.  5. People from the management (Mr. Sankar Viswanathan) were allowed to barge into the girl's hostels at their whim, when even parents are not allowed access. This stopped only after repeated complaints from girls. 6. Girls have a periodic meeting to air their grievances within the hostels attended by management, none of which are ever answered. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Raju, held a similar session in Anna Audi a couple of months ago, where students raised the question of gender inequality. He professed ignorance of the matter and said he would look into it. VIT is steadily increasing the number of facilities for girls within the hostels. They have started driving lessons, opened a beauty parlour and are screening movies. While all of this seems to be a fantasy come true for hostel life, the reasons given for it give a harsh reality check. One of the hostel wardens was asked why VIT was so keen to provide such facilities to girls. She answered that since girls now have all facilities available to them within the hostels themselves, they will have no reason to go out of campus. VIT is slowly and steadily moving towards a full police state with the "Decorum Committee" patrolling the campus at night, guards everywhere, unnecessary and irritating floodlights to light up "dark areas" and designated areas for "sitting". The fact that most people, including myself, are unable to voice their opinion freely is indeed a sorry state of affairs. Ever since the dismissal of two girl students last year ( http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-vit-students-sent-home-for-dissent/article5222323.ece) the student community has lost all faith that the management is in any way approachable for a meaningful discussion. Moreover, the Office of the Student's Council seems either impotent or unwilling to take any action on this matter.   The results and repercussions from the circular on "Avoiding Indecency in campus" are still being felt and they will lead to further destroying the free culture that tries to exist in VIT. VIT is trying its level best to suppress all forms of dissent and discussion on this matter. They claim to hold the moral high ground with a holier-than-thou attitude about Indian cultural values and traditions. Who gives them the authority to decide that and morally police their students outside of class?

Well, I have been waiting to answer this question for too long.It is true that the Gender Inequality Issue has been prevalent for too long in VIT and I also agree that they expelled one of the female students who raised her voice. I don’t know completely about the issue so I prefer not to talk about it. But, I will surely give my views in reference to that.First of all,to be very honest, I don’t think imposing harsh rules and restrictions on girls impairs their equality- No teacher has ever been partial towards boys or deliberately failed any girl. All teachers give equal importance to both boys and girls in class. The stricter in timings for girls is only to ensure their absolute safety. Consider it from a dad’s point of view:- A father,half heartedly, sends his sweet and innocent angel to such a far off place on the assurance and guarantee that he carries in his mind, that his daughter will be well protected and taken good care of in a completely unfamiliar environment. You tell me, if someone tries to assault a girl, who went out for a picnic in Vellore/Chennai and abducts her or does something which makes her lose her integrity, who will be blamed?? Of course, the college authorities will be blamed for that and they will be the sole culprits in this case because they couldn’t provide a safe environment for this innocent young girl.So, its the solid trust that the parents have on the University and its status that allows them to send their girls to pursue their dreams. To be very honest, most parents don’t even send their girls because of safety issues. You tell me, if VIT too, becomes famous for no proper discipline, then even those few will diminish in number and the girl will have to compromise with some other degree at home itself.Also, any place in this world is much safer for boys than girls because the number of crimes committed against women are enormously high, compared to boys. In ours country, its even worse. So, how can we expect the university to be more flexible!!I would not forget to mention that it definitely leads to less freedom and boredom. But, if the ultimate goal is achieved, with some compromises, I think its the best. Also, its always the girls who almost all, by the way, give better academic performance and shine with flying colours. So, I believe that we should always look at both sides of the coin and I would like to conclude that there should some more liberal approach towards girls by the administration ensuring at the same time, their absolute safety and perfect happiness.