How a Varsity Ignored a HC Order and Ousted a Professor of a Dalit Community From the V-C's Position
Sukanya Shantha | 2 May 2024 | The Wire
The central university Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya at Maharashtra’s Wardha has removed the institution’s senior-most professor from the vice-chancellor’s position after only two months, eventually ignoring a Bombay high court order and replacing him. Lella Karunyakara, the professor and also a dean of the School of Culture, belongs to a Dalit community.
Karunyakara took charge as the V-C in August 2023. His appointment as a default V-C was suddenly revoked in October and the IIM Nagpur director Dr. Bhimraya Metri was made to take charge even when the university rules did not allow this change….