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16 February 2016 Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar Vice Chancellor 16 February 2016 Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar Vice Chancellor Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi-110 067, India Dear Prof. Kumar, We are writing, as a group of academics, to express our deep disappointment with your actions in the event leading up to the arrest of several students last week. We understand that last Tuesday, a student group organized a rally to commemorate the death anniversary of Afzal Guru. The police alleges that some of the students voiced controversial opinions. The police then proceeded to arrest the president of the JNU Students Union, Kanhaiya Kumar, and charged him with sedition. This has been followed by a number of further arrests. What is most disturbing is that the JNU administration appears to have defended and aided these repressive actions by the police, rather than defending the students who were involved in a non-violent activity. The arrest of the president of the JNUSU is especially troublesome since he was not even an organizer of the rally but merely present to express his solidarity. However, even as far the organizers and the speakers at the event are concerned, we hope that you recognize that expressing controversial views in a peaceful forum cannot be equated with sedition. For example, many people believe that Afzal Guru was let down by a lack of appropriate legal representation in his trial, and that his execution was therefore a grave miscarriage of justice. One may agree or disagree with this viewpoint — and, indeed, signatories to this letter hold different positions — but we are unanimous that students should have the right to freely discuss this issue. This is such a basic pillar of academic ethics that we were dismayed by the statement made by the registrar of JNU, Mr. Bupinder Zutshi, who reportedly said "The government of India hanged him [Afzal Guru] after declaring him a terrorist. How could we allow them to organise an anti-Indian programme?" This indicates a complete lack of appreciation of the concept of academic freedom. India is a vast country, and no one group can define what it means to be "nationalist" or "anti-national" is, in specific terms of positions to hold and causes to support. The country's fabric is strong enough to accommodate a plurality of views. It is the attempt to suppress differing viewpoints that is genuinely damaging for the country's democratic ethos. Further, we believe that creativity in all branches of knowledge — surely in the interest of our nation — finds highest expression in a milieu that does not put constraints on the freedom of thought. It is ironic that this attempt to suppress dissent occurred at one of the country's leading Universities. A University is a site where contesting ideas are explored and where students should be able to freely debate and discuss various views, including controversial ones, without the threat of state action. Senior members of the government have aggressively targeted your students. The JNU administration should have protected its students against these attacks and charges that have also vitiated the police investigation. We are deeply disappointed that you have failed to carry out this responsibility. We hope that you will take urgent corrective steps to ensure that the police releases the arrested students, and also to ensure that it drops the unsubstantiated charges against them. We also hope that, in the future, you will take steps to protect freedom of speech on the JNU campus. The individuals listed here have signed this letter in their personal capacity. Institutional affiliations are listed for purposes of identification, and this letter does not indicate the official positions of these organizations. Names are arranged in alphabetical order. Name Affiliation Position Aanayat Bhat Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore student Abhijith M S IIT Hyderabad student Abhik Jash Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Abhishek Atreya Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad researcher Abhishek Dhar International Centre for Theoretical Sciences faculty Abu Anand Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore student Adhip Agarwala Indian Institute of Science researcher Adway Mitra Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore researcher Ajin K Prakash Alpha College of Engineering student Ajit M. Srivastava Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar faculty Alok Laddha Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai faculty Alok Tiwari Indian Institute of Science researcher Alokmay Datta Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics faculty Amar Sapra Indian Institute of Management Bangalore faculty Amit Basole Azim Premji University and UMass-Boston faculty Amit Gupta Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore researcher Amit Singh National Centre of Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore student Amitabh Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay faculty Amitabh Joshi Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research faculty Amitabha Bandyopadhyay Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur faculty Amrita laha Wildlife Institute of India researcher Anand I National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli researcher Anand Sasidharan Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore student Ananth Kamath Indian Institute of Science student Ananthu James Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scietific Research researcher Ananyo Maitra LPTMS, France researcher Angelie Multani Indian Institute of Technology Delhi faculty Anilkumar KV Democratic Alliance for Knowledge Freedom Member Anindita Bera University of Calcutta and Harish Chandra Research Institute student Anindita Bidisha Chatterjee Wildlife Institute of India,Dehradun researcher Anindita Brahma Indian Institute of Science researcher Anindya Banerji Jadavpur University, Kolkata student Anindya Bhattacharya University of York faculty Anirban Mukhopadhyay Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai faculty Anu Krishna Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore student Anupama Mahajan National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore student Anupama Potluri University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad faculty Anwesa Bhattacharya Indian Institute of Science research associate Apoorva Nagar Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Trivandrum faculty Archisman Ghosh International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of TIFR researcher Arijit Chatterjee Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Aritra Bandyopadhyay Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Arpan Bhattacharyya Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Arpan Maiti Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Ashim Roy Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Ashoke Sen Harish-Chandra Research Institute faculty Asit K. De SINP Kolkata Aslamuddin TIFR-Hyderabad student Atish Dabholkar International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy faculty Atul Chokshi Indian Institute of Science faculty Aurnab Ghose Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune faculty Avishek Das Indian Institute of Science researcher B.NIKHITH Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad student Bhanu Pratap Das Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan faculty Bharathi Rajeswaran Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore researcher Bhargav kumar IIT Hyderabad researcher Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhavtosh Bansal Kolkata faculty Bidisa Das Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science faculty Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bijoy John Mathew Thiruvananthapuram student Bikram Phookun St Stephen's College, Delhi faculty Biman Nath Raman Research Institute faculty Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bindusar Sahoo Thiruvananthapuram faculty International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Binu K Sasi Trieste, Italy researcher Bipin C M Wildlife Institute of India researcher Birenjith P S Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore researcher Biswajit Banerjee Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics researcher Bittu Karthik University of Hyderabad faculty Carol Upadhya National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore faculty Chandan Samanta Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore researcher Chandana Anusha Yale University student Chandra Kant Mishra International Centre for Theoretical Sciences researcher Chandrashekar C M The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai faculty Chandrashekar K A The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai researcher Chetan Singh Solanki Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay faculty D C V Mallik Indian Institute of Astrophysics faculty D Parthasarathy Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay faculty D.P.Sen Gupta National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore Daigy Varghese IIT Hyderabad student Dattaraj Dhuri Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai researcher Deb Sankar Banerjee Raman Research Institute student Debabrata Phukon Tezpur University researcher Debaditya Bhattacharya University of Calcutta faculty Debadrita Ghosh Raman Research Institute student Debarghya Banerjee Leiden University, The Netherlands researcher Debasis Sengupta Indian Institute of Science faculty Debraj Chakrabarti Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA faculty Deepa Agashe National Centre for Biological Sciences faculty Deepak DSouza Indian Institute of Science Bangalore faculty Deepak Malghan Indian Institute of Management Bangalore faculty Deya Das Indian Institute of science researcher Dileep Jatkar Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad faculty Dinesh Mohan IIT Delhi faculty Dipankar TREELabs, Mumbai faculty Diptarup nandi Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore student E. Arunan Indian Institute of Science faculty Feroz Musthafa
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