After Mehta, Subramanian quits Ashoka University; faculty concerned

Over 100 faculty signatories request the vice chancellor to ask Mehta to rescind his resignation

Two days after Pratap Bhanu Mehta, former vice chancellor and professor of political science, resigned from Ashoka University, former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian, a professor of economics at the university, also resigned on Thursday.

Describing Mehta's resignation as "devastating" and "troubling", Subramanian, in his resignation letter to Vice Chancellor Malabika Sarkar, said that even Ashoka, with its private status and private capital backing, was no longer being able to provide "a space for academic expression and freedom" was "ominously disturbing".

Following the two high-profile exits, through a joint statement around 100 faculty members urged Sarkar and the university founders to ask