The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Friday cancelled an event citing that speakers, who were to attend the event, are ‘controversial’, according to an Indian Express report.
The IIT event scheduled for September 23 on socila equity had eminent panelists like K Stalin , socialist professor Nandini Sundar
The event scheduled for September 23 on the social equity, comprised of emininent speakers-- K Stalin, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist, Nandini Sundar, sociology professor at the Delhi School of Economics, and Adhik Kadam, social entrepreneur and chairman of NGO Borderless World Foundation.
The management has said that the series of lectures was cancelled due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’.
While, IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi has howveer denied the knowledge of any such instance, reported the paper.
In another similar instance, students of Jamia Milia Islamia University on Thursday alleged that they were denied permission to hold an event that had speakers from "outside."
Ironically, the public-talk event was to address the alarming issue of "Shrinking Democratic Spaces in the Universities."