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Reaction of meritocrats: "That's exactly why they are the top 5 IITs. You can't have quotas for science research and if you want to be in the QS top 200 like these colleges."
Reaction of reservationists: "Aiming for QS rankings cannot override social justice issues. Science research will have to be conducted after quotas are put in place."
https://theprint.in/india/education/98-of-faculty-at-top-5-iits-are-upper-caste-reservation-not-implemented-says-nature-article/1312713/
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-00015-2/index.html
In most professions / corporate careers it is the same for men vs women: does this mean corporate ceo, partner, senior counsel and other career ladders are meritocratic for not letting more women in, or that the cards have been / are still stacked against them?
Moreover, Harvard may not have affirmative action in another year but as far as they do have it, their affirmative actions considerations are far greater than ours. Even though Whites are about 60% of the country, they are far lesser than that in the student body because they allow for greater representation of minorities through affirmative action.
We reserve 50% of the seats but in the other 50% upper castes are far more represented than their population. It is literally simple math that allows you to respect reservation.
On a side note, most western institutes do not take students from weaker sections in India for PhD programs. As a result, India's PhD programs are mostly staffed by students from weaker sections of the society who have graduated from IITs.
They think they are not privileged and somehow wronged, it is so funny because reservations are here to stay and increase.