Ashoka University Admits "Lapses" After PB Mehta, Arvind Subramanian Quit

Sunday, 21 March 2021Newsdesk
Ashoka University Admits "Lapses" After PB Mehta, Arvind Subramanian Quit
Ashoka University, Sonepat, has admitted that there have been "lapses in institutional processes" surrounding the exits, last week, of two top academics citing free-speech curbs. The privately-funded liberal arts institution has said it will "work to rectify" these slips "in consultation with all stakeholders". As per news report of NDTV, acknowledging their eminence, a joint statement from the university's top functionaries and the two outgoing faculty members, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian, sought to emphasise that they both continue to believe in Ashoka University being "one of the most important projects in Indian higher education".

New Delhi, 21 March 2021

"We acknowledge that there have been some lapses in institutional processes which we will work to rectify in consultation with all stakeholders. This will reaffirm our commitment to academic autonomy and freedom which have always been at the core of the Ashoka University ideals," the statement said.

Source - NDTV
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