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Oct 8, 2021 · BJP leader Subramanian Swamy removed the party's name from his Twitter bio after he was dropped from the BJP’s national executive committee on Thursday. The former Union minister removed “BJP National Exec. member” from his bio.
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“That someone of such integrity and eminence, who embodied the vision underlying Ashoka, felt compelled to leave is troubling,” he wrote. “That even Ashoka — with its private status and backing by private capital — can no longer provide a space for academic expression and freedom is ominously disturbing. Above all, that the university’s commitment ...
“The trustees have said they did not ask him to resign,” she said, adding that she believed the university remained a “safe space”. She added that she had asked Prof Mehta to rescind his resignation on Thursday morning, but he would not do so. Ashish Dhawan, chairperson of Ashoka’s Board of Trustees, did not respond to The Hindu’s request for comme...
Even more troubling is the possibility that our university may have acceded to pressure to remove Professor Mehta or to request, and accept, his resignation,” said the faculty statement, adding that it would “set a chilling precedent for future removals of faculty, curtailing our sense of who we are as researchers and teachers.” In a report, Ashoka...
However, during the town hall meeting, Dr. Sarkar refuted these allegations, saying that the university had already acquired the land several years ago, and that permissions for the four-year programme were also under way. During the meeting, students demanded an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Prof. Mehta’s ouster, as well a...
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Mar 19, 2021 · Why Arvind Subramanian resigned. Two days after Mehta's resignation, Arvind Subramanian, former chief economic advisor, who had joined Ashoka University as a professor in the Department of...
Two days after political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigned as a professor from the Ashoka University, his colleague, economist Arvind Subramanian, put in his papers on Thursday, triggering ...
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Mar 18, 2021 · Former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian has resigned from Ashoka University, days after noted columnist and political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit. In July 2019, PB Mehta had resigned as vice-chancellor of Ashoka University. However, he continued to teach there.
