Overview
- The Friday session titled “Land, Property and Democratic Rights” at the Delhi School of Economics was called off a day before it was scheduled.
- Registrar Vikas Gupta and Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh said departments must obtain approval in advance and that the requirement has been repeatedly circulated.
- Officials said similar cancellations took place in June and August for events without clearance and denied any link to the talk’s topic or speaker.
- Convener Nandini Sundar resigned after the cancellation, describing the decision as arbitrary and alleging ideological interference in a public statement.
- The Democratic Teachers’ Front criticized the move and contrasted it with the university circulating an invite to a National Godhan Summit, while faculty noted the colloquium’s six-decade role in graduate teaching.