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RENOWNED historian and Padma Bhushan awardee Romila Thapar has said that she is not willing to share her CV with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to continue as a professor Emeriti.
She said, “This status is given for a lifetime, the JNU admin is going against the basics, asking me for the CV now.”
Romila Thapar said that the JNU admin asked her for CV, stating that they are checking records of all professors above the age of 75 to reconsider the status.
JNU registrar Pramod Kumar had last month wrote to 87-years-old Romila Thapar and asked her to submit her CV so that a “committee appointed by the university could evaluate” her work and decide whether she should continue as professor emerita.
JNU Asks noted historian Romila Thapar to Submit CV for Continuing as Prof Emerita
While the Left-winged and NSUI students seemed to be unhappy with the administration’s decision, the RSS-affiliated students’ inion ABVP did not make any statement.
Romila Thapar, one of the most celebrated historians in India, has been a professor at JNU for several decades before she was given the prestigious position as an emeritus at JNU.
N Sai Balaji, president of JNUSU said, “Asking CV from Prof Romila Thapar whose reputation comes from her academic rigor, commitment and research quality is part of larger agenda of this government that wants destroy research and learning.”