Noted academician Pratap Bhanu Mehta had resigned from Ashoka University last week stating that his association with the institution might be 'considered a political liability'.
Chancellor and the board of trustees chairman write separate letters to students & alumni reiterating Ashoka University’s commitment to academic freedom, insist founders never interfered.
Nearly 180 academics from Yale, Columbia, Oxford universities also voiced support for Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who quit as a professor of Ashoka University earlier this week.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, in his letter resigning from Ashoka University, says 'it has become abundantly clear to me that my association with the University may be considered a political liability'.
In email to students, Pratap Bhanu Mehta cites ‘prevailing circumstances’ being behind his decision to quit. Ashoka University calls The Edict article 'purely speculative' and 'factually inaccurate'.
In his letter, Arvind Subramanian says Pratap Bhanu Mehta's resignation devastated him, and notes that Ashoka University can no longer provide space for academic expression & freedom.
Ashoka University's potential offer comes days after ThePrint published a story on Jaspreet Kaur, who topped the Punjab School Education Board's Class XII exams with 99.5%.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
While Pakistani authorities have not clarified what intended target was, the incident adds to a troubling pattern of PAF strikes killing civilians, including women and children.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Carmax,has not even an iota of How this will effect future generation, when they come on scene ,they see all Instition were systematically destroyed, and they face challanges of resistance as a human being.
When the intellectuals write couple of pages without saying anything in specific other than “The underlying circumstances that led to the resignation will not change for the foreseeable future, in my case, at any rate.” sounds more like small town politics ending with” this association with the institution might be ‘considered a political liability”.
Is it by any chnace a way to instigate the superheros?
The right thing would have been spell out the deficiencies and suggest corrective action. Particularly if the organization is not Government funded.
The style of non-constructive criticism seem to have infected the acemedia as well. Which is all right for vote and TRP seekers.
Nobody is indespensible.Institutions hold higher place than egoists .Both Mehta and Rajan are free to air their liberal views outside Ashoka university
Carmax,has not even an iota of How this will effect future generation, when they come on scene ,they see all Instition were systematically destroyed, and they face challanges of resistance as a human being.
No big loss sir! You can start applying for job in some foreign university. India can live without you.
When the intellectuals write couple of pages without saying anything in specific other than “The underlying circumstances that led to the resignation will not change for the foreseeable future, in my case, at any rate.” sounds more like small town politics ending with” this association with the institution might be ‘considered a political liability”.
Is it by any chnace a way to instigate the superheros?
The right thing would have been spell out the deficiencies and suggest corrective action. Particularly if the organization is not Government funded.
The style of non-constructive criticism seem to have infected the acemedia as well. Which is all right for vote and TRP seekers.
Nobody is indespensible.Institutions hold higher place than egoists .Both Mehta and Rajan are free to air their liberal views outside Ashoka university