IIT-Bombay cancels Prof Achin Vanaik's lecture on Israel-Palestine conflict; here's what happened
Mehak Agarwal | 08 November 2023 | Business Today
IIT-Bombay on Tuesday has cancelled a proposed lecture by retired professor and former head of the Department of Political Science at Delhi University Achin Vanaik on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. The lecture was previously scheduled for Monday evening but it got postponed to Tuesday evening. Students, however, received a mail from the institute's Department of Humanities on Tuesday informing them that the lecture has been cancelled "due to unforeseen circumstances".
During this lecture, Vanaik was expected to talk at length about the history and background of the Israel-Gaza conflict and the bearings of the recent and ongoing violence. The former Delhi University professor's lecture was cancelled after a group of IIT-B students opposed Vanaik's talk via email….