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OP Jindal Global University suspends associate professor Sarover Zaidi for comparing PM Modi with Hitler and harassing a student for praising surgical strikes

OpIndia Staff - 28 February, 2026

The associate professor called India's national security operations "gimmicks and branding exercises” and comparing PM Modi with Hitler

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Karnataka: Homoeopathic student Shahbaz punches professor after being caught cheating in exam

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2026

A homoeopathy student in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, was caught on CCTV punching an assistant professor after being caught cheating with a mobile phone. The student, identified as Shahbaz, has been barred from further exams while the college initiates an internal inquiry.

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Professional disagreement, workplace grievances can’t be automatically charged under SC ST Act, unless specific casteist abuse in public: Calcutta HC

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2026

The professor is a PhD in Sanskrit and had served as Head of the Department of Sanskrit at Sanskrit College & University. She was accused by an assistant professor of the same university, who belongs to the SC community, of professional jealousy and harassment.

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Rape is normalised within the patriarchal ‘norms’ of Hindu society: IIT Patna professor Dr Priyanka Tripathi’s another research paper storms new controversy

Rukma Rathore - 13 February, 2026

"The spectacle of cinema depicts a sustained form of Savarna patriarchy in the act of public rape," Priyanka Tripathi claimed in the paper.

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Who is Dr Priyanka Tripathi: Meet the IIT Patna professor who misuses Hindu scriptures and uses Shakti to circulate her agenda via research papers

Rukma Rathore - 12 February, 2026

The IIT Patna professor has been dragging Hindu scriptures and deities to attack the Indian society for many years.

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Hindu professor at AMU accuses HoD Nafis Ahmad Ansar of harassment and religious discrimination, files complaint

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2026

She revealed that due to the mental pressure endured by her at the AMU, she had a miscarriage in 2004.

Crime

Indra Gandhi National Tribal University Professor granted relief in sexual harassment case: Read what Madhya Pradesh HC said

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2025

The court commented that she was a 30-year-old married woman as was the professor, and their private relationships could not fall under the jurisdiction of the University and its ICC.

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Professor’s anti-Hindu tweet goes viral, Surat’s VNSG university clarifies he is no longer associated with them, legal options being examined

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2025

Surat-based Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) has issued a clarification after social media outrage over a professor’s alleged Hinduphobic posts

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IIT Gandhinagar faces allegations of ‘favouritism’ and ‘conflict of interest’ in appointment of faculty but institute maintains complete silence

OpIndia Staff - 9 September, 2025

On Monday (8th September), columnist Harshil Mehta posed several questions to the IIT Gandhinagar and its hiring process on X (formerly Twitter). According to him, the wife of a Professor has been roped in as 'visiting faculty' for the Korean language at the educational institution.

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