Campus Talk: IIT Bombay students stand in support of professor as controversial lecture runs into choppy waters
Pallavi Smart | 14 November 2023 | The Indian Express
Students at the Humanities and Social Science (HSS) department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Tuesday submitted a set of testimonials from those who attended the screening of the 2004 documentary film ‘Arna’s Children’ during a lecture by Prof Sharmishtha Saha. The lecture has come under the spotlight, following allegations of glorification of terrorism by the guest speaker who was invited for the lecture.
At the backdrop of the institute administration’s decision to form a fact-finding committee, a set of students from the HSS department have taken a stand in support of Prof Saha and submitted a letter to the Director, titled – statement against curtailing of academic freedom; along with testimonials from those who attended the November 6 lecture by Saha.