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'.
When he stepped down as vice-chancellor of Ashoka University in 2019, Pratap Bhanu Mehta had cited 'academic reasons'. Reasons for his resignation this time are not known.
The 'neo-intellectuals' have made Indians read more 'history and science' in a year than the likes of Pratap Bhanu Mehta or Arundhati Roy could do in their lifetime.
Mehta, who said he was left with little time for writing & other academic interests as V-C, was recently called an unrelenting critic of Modi govt in an IB note.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Much ado about nothing! There must be thousand universities in India. Can anyone count how many university lecturers and professors were hounded out of denied Ph.D and promotions for not subscribing to left-liberal-Marxist school of thought? Mehta is just a plain old fashioned Modi-baiter. Resignation of Dr.Arvind Subramanian may be a loss. But, why did he have to show the herd mentality of following Mehta’s resignation. Anyway, these NRIs won’t be jobless. There are enough foreign universities ready to take them on board for continuing the diatribe against India and indians.
Much ado about nothing! There must be thousand universities in India. Can anyone count how many university lecturers and professors were hounded out of denied Ph.D and promotions for not subscribing to left-liberal-Marxist school of thought? Mehta is just a plain old fashioned Modi-baiter. Resignation of Dr.Arvind Subramanian may be a loss. But, why did he have to show the herd mentality of following Mehta’s resignation. Anyway, these NRIs won’t be jobless. There are enough foreign universities ready to take them on board for continuing the diatribe against India and indians.