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BHU students protest against university s proposal to make Nita Ambani visiting professor
BHU s Social Sciences Faculty had recently forwarded a proposal to Reliance Foundation, requesting Nita Ambani to join the university as a visiting faculty at their Women Study Centre
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The students are of the view that instead of Nita Ambani, those who have set an example for women empowerment, should be invited
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) students have reportedly opposed the institution s proposal to appoint Reliance Industries executive director Nita Ambani as visiting professor.
Citing it as a wrong example being set by BHU, students even protested at the university on Tuesday, March 16. A group of over 40 students staged a demonstration outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar on campus and submitted a memorandum as well, the Indian Express reported.
BHU students oppose Nita Ambani as visiting professor
IANS / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 10:56 IST
BHU) to appoint
Nita Ambani, wife of industrialist
Mukesh Ambani, as a visiting professor, has met with resistance by a small group of students.
BHU s Social Sciences Faculty had recently sent a proposal to
Reliance Foundation, asking Nita Ambani to join the university as a visiting faculty at their Women Study Centre.
Her response is still awaited. A group of about 40 students, on Tuesday, protested outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar on the campus and submitted a memorandum.
Research scholar Shubham Tiwari, who was among the protesting students, said that the step would set a wrong example.
No decision taken on Nita Ambani’s appointment as visiting professor, claims BHU
Reliance Industries Limited called the reports on Ambani being invited to join the university ‘fake’. A file photo of Nita Ambani. | IANS
The Banaras Hindu University on Wednesday claimed that it had not taken any decision to appoint philanthropist and Reliance Industries Limited Non-Executive Director Nita Ambani as a visiting professor, reported ANI. The statement came a day after more than 40 students protested outside Vice Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar’s residence and submitted a memorandum.
“It is notified that no such official decision has been taken by the university administration to appointy Nita Ambani as a visiting professor or to offer responsibility to conduct teaching in any faculty/class/centre of the University,” the statement from the university read. “Neither any such administrative order has been issued.” The university’s administration said tha
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Nita Ambani set to become a visiting professor at BHU – her competition for the post were Gautam Adani’s wife Priti and Lakshmi Mittal’s wife Usha
Nita Ambani set to become a visiting professor at BHU – her competition for the post were Gautam Adani’s wife Priti and Lakshmi Mittal’s wife Usha
Nita Ambani, Chairperson, Reliance FoundationBCCL
Nita
Ambani, a philanthropist and the wife of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, is set to become a visiting professor at the prestigious
Banaras Hindu University.
Along with Ambani, the other two names being considered were Priti Adani, wife of industrialist