Bengaluru: Indian PM Modi faces embarassment from within India overOccupied Kashmir lockdown as strong resistance rises from within theintellectual community.
780 prominent Indian scientists, researchers and academicians from premierinstitutions have raised their voice against Kashmir lockdown.
Professors from IITs and IISc have, through two statements, asked the Modigovernment to end the communication lockdown in Kashmir, The Print reported.
The first statement, which was originally published in The Hindu, callsattention to the impact of the restrictions on academic institutions inKashmir.Initially signed by six well-known personalities — B.Ananthanarayan (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru), Gautam Menon(Ashoka University, Sonepat), Jayant Murthy (Indian Institute ofAstrophysics, Bengaluru), Rahul Siddharthan (Institute of MathematicalSciences, Chennai), Reeteka Sud (NIMHANS, Bengaluru) and Mukund Thattai(National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru) — the statement hadbeen endorsed by 150 others by Thursday.
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“While all residents of Kashmir deserve to be heard, we wish to express ourconcern about the situation at academic institutions,” the statement reads.
“The University of Kashmir is home to many fine scholars, including youngscientists who have returned to India from reputable institutions abroad toset up their own laboratories in Kashmir and train the next generation ofscientists, supported by funding from Indian government bodies like DST(department of science and technology) and DBT (department ofbiotechnology) and prestigious fellowships like the Early CareerFellowships from India Alliance.
