Visva-Bharati professor arrested in Bengal on sexual harassment charges
1 year, 6 months ago

Visva-Bharati professor arrested in Bengal on sexual harassment charges

Hindustan Times  

A senior professor of Visva-Bharati, Bengal’s only central university located in Birbhum district, was arrested on Saturday on charges of sexually harassing a woman working on a Ph.D thesis under his guidance since 2016, officers from the Santiniketan police station in Bolpur town said. The woman alleged that she submitted written complaints to Visva-Bharati in June 2022 but no action was taken. The first information report was registered on May 31 under nine sections of the Indian Penal Code because the woman also brought charges of mental torture and molestation against the professor. “The woman alleged that she submitted written complaints to Visva-Bharati in June 2022 but no action was taken,” the police officer added.

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JNU teacher under scanner over sexual harassment claims
7 months, 3 weeks ago

JNU teacher under scanner over sexual harassment claims

Hindustan Times  

Several students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre of Chinese and South East Asian Studies along with members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union protested on campus on Monday alleging inaction by the varsity’s Internal Complains Committee against a senior professor accused of harassing a student of CC&SEAS. Even then, no action was taken, neither was any interim relief …

Visva-Bharati guest lecturer accused of sexual harassment, FIR lodged
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Visva-Bharati guest lecturer accused of sexual harassment, FIR lodged

Hindustan Times  

Accusing a guest lecturer of sexual harassment, three female students of West Bengal’s Visva-Bharati University have lodged an FIR against him. An investigation into the charges of sexual harassment is underway, a police officer said. The complainants, students of the Shantiniketan-based university’s Persian, Urdu and Islamic Studies department, said in their complaint that the accused sent ‘lewd’ messages to them …

If you touch Amartya Sen's house...: Mamata's stern warning to Visva Bharati
1 year, 7 months ago

If you touch Amartya Sen's house...: Mamata's stern warning to Visva Bharati

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday issued a stern warning against the eviction order issued by Visva Bharati University to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. "If you touch Amartya Sen's house, you don't know what I can do," said the CM while speaking to media persons in West Bengal's Bolpur. With her warning, Mamata Banerjee gave out the message …

Visva-Bharati serves show cause notice to 7 faculty members over ‘defamatory’ note
1 year, 8 months ago

Visva-Bharati serves show cause notice to 7 faculty members over ‘defamatory’ note

Hindustan Times  

The Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal has issued show-cause notices to seven faculty members for signing a leaflet, alleging that it contained “misleading and false information with defamatory views on the vice chancellor”. “It has come to the notice of the university authority that you have signed and circulated a leaflet in the name of Visva-Bharati Bachao Committee spreading misleading …

Visva Bharati students to screen BBC documentary during Rajnath Singh’s visit
1 year, 10 months ago

Visva Bharati students to screen BBC documentary during Rajnath Singh’s visit

Hindustan Times  

A section of students at West Bengal’s Visva Bharati University announced on Wednesday that it will screen the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, when defence minister Rajnath Singh visits the campus to attend the annual convocation. Defence minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit the Visva Bharati University campus to attend the annual convocation. The …

‘Stigmatic aspersions’: Calcutta HC order on Visva Bharati sacking professor
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Stigmatic aspersions’: Calcutta HC order on Visva Bharati sacking professor

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court said that “stigmatic aspersions” led to the summary termination of service of economics professor Sudipta Bhattacharya by West Bengal’s Visva Bharati University in December last year. “I must record my dissatisfaction with regard to the letter dated December 22, 2022 issued by the registrar of Visva-Bharati as impugned in this writ petition,” Calcutta high court judge …

Chomsky, 260 academics move Prez Murmu over sacking of Visva Bharati professor
1 year, 11 months ago

Chomsky, 260 academics move Prez Murmu over sacking of Visva Bharati professor

Hindustan Times  

Following the sacking of Economics professor Sudipta Bhattacharya by West Bengal’s Visva Bharati University that sparked outrage, 261 academics from across India and prominent US-based philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky have sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu in the summary termination of his service. President Droupadi Murmu Visva Bharati sacked Bhattacharya, who is also the president of the faculty …

Bengal: Visva Bharati University vice-chancellor ‘attacked’ during protest
2 years ago

Bengal: Visva Bharati University vice-chancellor ‘attacked’ during protest

Hindustan Times  

The vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati University in West Bengal was allegedly attacked by miscreants at the entrance of his official residence in presence of officer-in-charge Santiniketan Police Station on Tuesday. Students have been protesting near residence of vice-chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakrabarty. |#+| The incident took place days after the postponement of the annual convocation of the university, scheduled for December …

Visva Bharati University Student Protests: Calcutta High Court Seeks Police Report, Orders Personal Appearance Of SP
2 years, 9 months ago

Visva Bharati University Student Protests: Calcutta High Court Seeks Police Report, Orders Personal Appearance Of SP

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Superintendent of Police, Birbhum to submit a report addressing the grievances expressed by the authorities of Visva Bharati University amid the ongoing protests by more than 200 students inside the University campus demanding the immediate reopening of hostels and the conduct of online examinations. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha had earlier granted police protection …

Visva-Bharati Faculty Association Demands Probe Against Vice-Chancellor
3 years, 3 months ago

Visva-Bharati Faculty Association Demands Probe Against Vice-Chancellor

News 18  

The Visva-Bharati Faculty Association on Saturday has demanded a court-monitored probe against the Vice-Chancellor of the Visva-Bharati University professor Bidyut Chakraborty for doing ‘injustice’ to the teaching, non-teaching staff and the students. The authorities have unleashed a reign of terror and teaching and research have suffered the most,” VBFA said in a statement The VBFA also released a list of …

Visva Bharati University Closed Over Boundary Wall Construction Row; Bengal Governor talks to Mamata Banerjee
4 years, 4 months ago

Visva Bharati University Closed Over Boundary Wall Construction Row; Bengal Governor talks to Mamata Banerjee

News 18  

The heritage Visva Bharati University was on Monday shut down indefinitely following violent protests against the varsity's decision to construct a boundary wall around the venue of Poush Mela, a prestigious annual cultural event started more than a century ago. Trouble erupted at the Visva Bharati campus in Monday as a large number of people ransacked the university's properties protesting …

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