Religious Ritual in Director’s Cabin Sparks Row at Mumbai University’s Distance Education Centre
17 June 2026 | The Indian Express
The University of Mumbai’s Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) has found itself at the centre of a controversy after purported photographs showing its director professor Dr Shivaji Sargar and his wife performing a puja inside his official cabin.
The photographs, reportedly taken on June 12, began circulating within university circles this week, triggering a debate among faculty members and staff, with many questioning the propriety of holding a religious ceremony within an educational institution…