Some time in April, I wrote about our plans to start a scholarship in the name of my maternal grandfather Prof. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya. After long discussions that went back and forth between Canada and Kolkata, Bangalore; a meeting was set up with the present Vice Chancellor Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Pattanayak and my aunt and my husband. My husband visited Kolkata just for two and a half days. Within that time frame he set up this meeting and from what I understood that it was a very successful meeting.
Only a few days after the meeting V.C. Prof. Souvik Bhattacharya was gheraoed for 50 hours by university students on some ragging issues.
Today I heard the shocking news that Prof. Souvik Bhattacharya has resigned. Makes me really sad. He survived the gherao; what exactly happened so that a brave person like him had no other choice but to resign? Makes me wonder. Is it political pressure or something else ?
Really so sad.. Keep me posted please.
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