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IIT-Bombay students lodge plaint against prof, guest speaker
Updated On: 11 November, 2023 07:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
Students have asked cops for action against duo for speaking in support of Palestinian militants
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Students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have lodged a police complaint against a professor and a guest speaker for allegedly speaking in support of Palestinian militants during a virtual lecture, an official said on Friday. The students, in a complaint lodged on Wednesday, demanded action against Professor Sharmistha Saha of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) department and guest speaker Sudhanva Deshpande for the talk held on November 6.
“We denounce the blatant attempt by Professor Sharmistha Saha, under the pretext of academic course ‘HS 835 Performance Theory & Praxis’ to host such hateful speakers to indoctrinate students with biased and factually false stories,” a student told PTI. In their complaint letter to the police, students claimed that Saha had “inappropriately used her position to invite Deshpande (a radical Leftist as part of her course work HS 835”. They alleged that Deshpande had glorified Palestinian terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, and this has troubling consequences for the academic integrity and safety of IIT Bombay.
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