Senior academicians call IYC protest at AI summit ‘profoundly regrettable and ill-conceived’

2026-02-23 - 16:13

Among the signatories of the joint statement are JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, IIT Roorkee Director Kamal Kishore Pant, and IIT Dharwad Director Venkappayya R Desai; they said converting the event into an ‘occasion for political demonstration’ reflected a serious lack of judgment