AMU PhD scholar accuses varsity for harassing him for praising PM Modi

Danish Rahim, PhD degree, has accused that the AMU had changed the subject of his degree in a bid to render him ineligible for appointment as a faculty member in a department, relating to which he had pursued the course to secure the degree.

An Aligarh Muslim University's PhD scholar has alleged that the varsity has been harassing him after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a social media post after his address to the varsity during its centenary celebration in December 2021. 

Dr. Danish Rahim, PhD degree, has accused that the AMU had changed the subject of his degree in a bid to render him ineligible for appointment as a faculty member in a department, relating to which he had pursued the course to secure the degree.

Dr. Rahim said that he had pursued a PhD course in Language for Advertising, Marketing & Media (LAMM) but he has been awarded a PhD degree in linguistic, rendering him ineligible for appointment as a faculty member open to people having a PhD degree in LAMM. I am being penalised by the AMU for praising the prime minister, he alleged.

The AMU, however, trashed his allegations saying that it was an inadvertent clerical error and the University would rectify the mistake after it came to its knowledge. Dr Rahim’s allegations are “patently false and without an iota of truth” and dragging the prime minister’s name in the whole episode is unfortunate and uncalled for, AMU spokesperson Shafey Kidwai said. The varsity has also set up a committee of its independent faculty members to look into the lapse as well as Dr Rahim’s allegations, he added.

Meanwhile, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has announced the first admission/firm list for AMUEEE 2021 counselling on the official website - results.amucontrollerexams.com. 

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