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| name = Pratap Bhanu Mehta | | name = Pratap Bhanu Mehta | ||
| image = Pratap Mehta at the India Economic Summit 2009 cropped.jpg | | image = Pratap Mehta at the India Economic Summit 2009 cropped.jpg | ||
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| residence = [[India]] | | residence = [[India]] | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| field = [[Political Science]] | | field = [[Political Science]] | ||
| work_institution = [[Centre for Policy Research]] | | work_institution = [[Centre for Policy Research]] | ||
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Mr Mehta also believes that reading news from authentic sources is the need of the hour especially when the youth of the nation is using websites such as [[Wikipedia]] to gain information and form an opinion, especially when misinformation and disinformation is on the rise. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/saying-no-cronyism-pratap-bhanu-mehtas-letter-resignation-nmml|title='Political Pressure' Bad for Academics: Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Resignation Letter from NMML|date=14 August 2016|website=TheWire.in}}</ref> | Mr Mehta also believes that reading news from authentic sources is the need of the hour especially when the youth of the nation is using websites such as [[Wikipedia]] to gain information and form an opinion, especially when misinformation and disinformation is on the rise. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/saying-no-cronyism-pratap-bhanu-mehtas-letter-resignation-nmml|title='Political Pressure' Bad for Academics: Pratap Bhanu Mehta's Resignation Letter from NMML|date=14 August 2016|website=TheWire.in}}</ref> | ||
From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons |url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons |access-date=20 March 2021 |agency=The Wire |date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees [[Pramath Raj Sinha]] and [[Ashish Dhawan]] are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chopra |first1=Ritika |title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=Indian Express |date=19 March 2021}}</ref>. The circumstances of Mehta's resignation also led to protests across Ashoka University, which involved student-led class boycotts. The students also demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor [[Malabika Sarkar]] unless the administration offered Mehta his job back.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Ashoka students call for class boycott next week, demand university reinstate Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashoka-university-pratap-bhanu-mehta-arvind-subramanian-7236385/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | From 2017 to 2019, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University, a position from where he resigned citing academic reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resigns as Ashoka University VC, Citing Academic Reasons |url=https://thewire.in/education/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resigns-as-ashoka-university-vc-citing-academic-reasons |access-date=20 March 2021 |agency=The Wire |date=20 Jul 2019}}</ref> He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees [[Pramath Raj Sinha]] and [[Ashish Dhawan]] are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chopra |first1=Ritika |title=Founders made clear I was political liability for Ashoka University: Pratap Bhanu Mehta |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-letter-ashoka-university-7234669/ |access-date=19 March 2021 |publisher=Indian Express |date=19 March 2021}}</ref>. The circumstances of Mehta's resignation also led to protests across Ashoka University, which involved student-led class boycotts. The students also demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor [[Malabika Sarkar]] unless the administration offered Mehta his job back.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Ashoka students call for class boycott next week, demand university reinstate Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ashoka-university-pratap-bhanu-mehta-arvind-subramanian-7236385/|access-date=2021-10-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Selected works== | ==Selected works== | ||
* ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017 | * ''Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education'' (ed. with Devesh Kapur), Orient BlackSwan, 2017 | ||