Two Years After His Suspension, SAU Fires Faculty Member Who Supported Protesting Students
Syed Affan | 19 September 2025 | The Wire
Professor Snehashish Bhattacharya, a faculty member in the economics department at the South Asian University (SAU) since 2011, was terminated from service on September 11, 2025. His termination came more than two years after he was suspended on June 16, 2023, on account of misconduct “against the university interests”.
The university’s official order sent to Bhattacharya, which The Wire has seen, said that his services “are terminated with effect from 16th June, 2023 i.e. your date of suspension”…