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An Indian-origin PhD scholar has been barred from entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after he wrote a pro-Palestine essay for the college magazine last month.
Prahlad Iyengar was pursuing a PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Iyengar has been suspended till January 2026 which would terminate his five-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
According to The Boston Globe, Iyengar was suspended on December 4 and is appealing the decision to MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles on Wednesday.