A notice inviting people to attend the lecture to be held at 4 pm on May 18 via Zoom platform was posted on the central university s website earlier in the day.
Visva Bharti asks Bengal govt to measure Amartya Sen’s Santiniketan plot
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Published: Sunday, January 17, 2021, 10:51 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 17: Amid the controversy over Nobel laureate Amartya Sen s family being in illegal possession of land in Visva-Bharati campus, the central university on Saturday demanded that the West Bengal government measure the plot to resolve the issue.
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Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty is being subjected to criticism for going on a drive to recover illegally occupied land which rightfully belongs to the institute, Visva-Bharati Officiating Registrar Ashok Mahato said in a statement.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several prominent intellectuals of the state have expressed support to the economist on the row.
Weeks after a huge controversy erupted after officials at the Visva-Bharati University accused Nobel laureate Amartya Sen s family of being in illegal possession of land at the campus, university officials have now written to the West Bengal government to measure the plot to resolve the dispute.
Earlier, the Nobel laureate had said that the university land on which his house stands is on a long-term lease.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had reacted angrily to the accusation, saying Sen was being subjected to such a vicious attack by the present university authorities because of his ideological anti-BJP stance . Several prominent intellectuals of the state have also expressed support to the economist on the row.
In university founded on Tagore’s ideals, now a clash of ideologies
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On Monday, nearly 400 people march to varsity’s central office, demanding reversal of suspension of Sudipta Bhattacharyya, a vocal critic of VC
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Visva-Bharati, the Rabindranath Tagore-founded institution celebrating its centenary, has come to symbolise essentially a clash between the right-wing and the left-wing in West Bengal.
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On Monday, nearly 400 people march to varsity’s central office, demanding reversal of suspension of Sudipta Bhattacharyya, a vocal critic of VC
Visva-Bharati, the Rabindranath Tagore-founded institution celebrating its centenary, has come to symbolise essentially a clash between the right-wing and the left-wing in West Bengal, where elections are due in April.