New Delhi, April 19 -- Delhi University (DU) professor Apoorvanand Jha claims that the university administration has advised him to submit the text of his proposed lecture at an academic event in the United States for travel approval.
There was no reaction available from the DU administration. Jha has called the move "unprecedented", saying it undermines the university's autonomy and academic freedom.
A faculty member in the Hindi department, Jha has been invited to speak at a seminar, titled "The University Under a Global Authoritarian Turn", as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the India China Institute at The New School, New York, scheduled from April 23 to May 1.
Jha said, "I received a mail from the registrar's office ask...