The governing board of Nalanda University was reconstituted with a number of fresh faces, resulting in its chancellor, George Yeo, resigning on Friday saying the varsity’s autonomy was being affected. Read | Nalanda University Chancellor resigns, says varsity’s autonomy affectedIn addition to founding chancellor Sen, Harvard professor and Trinamool Congress MP Sugata Bose and UK-based economist and Labour politician Lord Meghnad Desai are out of the Nalanda University governing board. NU’s outgoing V-C Sabharwal said the decision to reconstitute the governing board had taken everyone by surprise. Read | Nalanda University governing board: Amartya Sen, Sugata Bose out“It has come mid-way through the process of appointment of a new V-C, bypassing the chancellor. It was the NU governing board, which was hitherto insisting on fresh constitution of the board.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2016 09:53 UTC