Amartya Sen is the Nobel Laureate and Chancellor of Nalanda University.
On Friday, 21st February, Amartya Sen had written the letter that he would not seek another tenure.
In that letter, he had mentioned that the reason behind the denial for seeking another tenure is as follows:
Central Government had not sent their assent to reappoint him for the next term even after the gap of one month of the Governing Board’s unanimous choice. He had the inclination that the he has been the critics of Modi and that is the probable reason that President Pranab Mukherjee has not given his accent for seeking him for the next term.
According to Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar, Prof. Sen is considered as “national treasure” but, unfortunately, the government had treated him shabbily.
Government has done wrong by mingling political issue with education. They have delayed in giving accent for his candidature. This delay, as well as the uncertainty involved, is leading, in effect, to a decisional gap, which is not helpful to Nalanda University's governance and its academic progress. Amartya Sen had thus in the interest of the university taken away his name from being considered for continuing as chancellor beyond this July... Read More
On Friday, 21st February, Amartya Sen had written the letter that he would not seek another tenure.
In that letter, he had mentioned that the reason behind the denial for seeking another tenure is as follows:
Central Government had not sent their assent to reappoint him for the next term even after the gap of one month of the Governing Board’s unanimous choice. He had the inclination that the he has been the critics of Modi and that is the probable reason that President Pranab Mukherjee has not given his accent for seeking him for the next term.
According to Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar, Prof. Sen is considered as “national treasure” but, unfortunately, the government had treated him shabbily.
Government has done wrong by mingling political issue with education. They have delayed in giving accent for his candidature. This delay, as well as the uncertainty involved, is leading, in effect, to a decisional gap, which is not helpful to Nalanda University's governance and its academic progress. Amartya Sen had thus in the interest of the university taken away his name from being considered for continuing as chancellor beyond this July... Read More
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