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Pro-Gaza row: IIT Bombay faculty rally behind speaker

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Updated on: 16 November,2023 04:50 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Faculty Forum speaks to fellow prof targeted by protests, says she was silenced by intimidating atmosphere in the class, never spoke about Hamas or terrorism

Pro-Gaza row: IIT Bombay faculty rally behind speaker

The letter slammed the Nov 11 students’ protest for calling Prof Sharmistha Saha a traitor, calling for her termination and issuing death threats. Pic/X

The ongoing controversy surrounding the alleged pro-Hamas lecture and documentary screening at the IIT Bombay earlier this month continues to intensify. Amid a police complaint against IIT Bombay professor, Sharmistha Saha, and guest lecturer, Sudhanva Deshpande, for allegedly glorifying and favouring the Gaza-based militant group Hamas, the Faculty Forum of IIT Bombay has openly expressed support for Saha in a letter by its president, Professor Rajkumar Pant.

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