Ashoka University claimed it did not coerce two managers and one professor to leave the university for signing a Kashmir petition along with 85 students. But two emails by the university’s Faculty Council, an elected body representing all Ashoka teachers, say otherwise. In October 2016, the Faculty Council had four members: Aparna Vaidik, associate professor of history; Maya Saran, assistant professor of mathematics; Gilles Verniers, assistant professor of political science and Alex Watson, professor of Indian philosophy. The Faculty Council, in an email sent to all teachers on October 8, said it had resisted the plan to fire Narayanan. Once the petition went public, the university promptly held a meeting of its governing body to discuss this petition and passed a resolution on July 26, condemning the act of misrepresenting Ashoka University in the public domain.

Source: Indian Express February 28, 2017 23:03 UTC