The central university in a statement regretted that the signatories signed the letter without ascertaining the real situation that had rocked the varsity in past two years.
Visva Bharati University condemns academicians writing letter to President over sacking of professor
Days after over 250 academicians reached out to President Droupadi Murmu about the sacking of a Visva Bharati professor and seeking her intervention, the central university in a statement regretted that the signatories signed the letter without ascertaining the real situation that had rocked the varsity in past two years.
Over 250 academicians including well-known linguist Noam Chomsky have written a letter to President over sacking of professor and requested her intervention last week. Dr. Mahua Banerjee, Visva Bharati Spokesperson said Professor Sudipta Bhattacharya was office-bearer of an organisation which has no institutional recognition and he had been charge sheeted 14 times in past by Executive Council for misconduct. The misconduct of Bhattacharya range from abetting students vandalise varsity properties in campus, gherao of the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar in past, gherao of eminent columnist and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta in January 2020, it said.
The Visva Bharati university further claimed most of the signatories are from Bengal and from one particular state-run university. "We condemn the teachers who are organised to stop the process of purging Visva Bharati of truant and deviant teachers.....Not only is Visva Bharati taking ample care in identifying those who are involved in destroying the core values which its founder Rabindranath Tagore upheld and also remain negligent in attending the rituals which Gurudev initiated for spreading his philosophical priorities."
"It is unfortunate that the....academics mainly from West Bengal have come to the support of those who are at work to devastate and damage the academic foundation of universities," the spokesperson said in her statement.
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