‘Taught for 14 Years, Sacked Within 14 Mins’: Ex-Faculty Member on DU ‘Caste Bias’
Avdhesh Kumar | 25 November 2024 | Newslaundry
Months after his removal as an ad hoc professor from Delhi University’s Zakir Hussain College, Laxman Yadav wrote Professor ki Diary – a book recalling his experience on campus and raising questions over academic freedom in the country.
Yadav says he was removed from the college as part of a “conspiracy”. “The selection committee showed me the way out from the college where I had taught for 14 years after just a 14-minute interview. That too without giving any reason. I had 96 out of 100 marks in that interview. Six people who had less marks than me and sat in the interview with me got selected.”…