‘Arbitrary’: University Faces Flak for Sacking Faculty Who Backed Protesting Students
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 12 September 2025 | The Telegraph
South Asian University (SAU) on Thursday terminated the services of a faculty member for opposing its decision to call police to the campus to take action on protesting students in 2022.
The international university catering to seven Saarc nations issued a termination order to Snehashish Bhattacharya, associate professor of economics, an action decried by academics as “arbitrary”. The university order stated its executive council had taken the decision based on the findings of a disciplinary committee. Bhattacharya was issued a showcause notice last month and his response was “unsatisfactory”, the order stated….