A Dalit scientist at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Maharashtra’s Pune has come forward talking about facing discrimination based on caste and harassment at the institute. She has also asserted that she was denied promotion due to her caste.
According to The Mooknayak, Arti Harle, a Dalit woman scientist employed at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, has come forward with disturbing claims of caste-based discrimination, mental harassment, and financial distress. She spoke of it in an Instagram reel where Hatle was seen reportedly contemplating a fast unto death. Harle asserts that her merit-based promotion has also been unjustly withheld since 2014. Furthermore, she has said that her salary was unlawfully halted in November 2020, which ended up plunging her into a severe financial crisis and also left her homeless as she was forced to vacate her quarters.
Harle spoke to The Mooknayak, saying that she began her career at the Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh and that caste discrimination has been a norm for her. She has faced caste discrimination, molestation, and various forms of harassment. She had been hoping for a fresh start following which she transferred to the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, only to encounter a continuation of similar discriminatory practices.
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