Chandrakala Padia Explained

Chandrakala Padia (born 1954)[1] is a retired professor of political science from Banaras Hindu University. She has served as the vice chancellor of Maharaja Ganga Singh University, and as the first woman chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study.[2] [3] [4]

Academic Career

Padia was appointed vice chancellor of MGSU in November 2013 and the chairperson of IIAS in 2014. She has been a Fulbright scholar.[5] Padia has been noted for her close affiliations with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Her appointments to prominent academic positions, including her appointment as chairperson of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), have been associated with her connections within these organizations. [6] [7] [8]

Controversies

In 2015, Suneel Verma, the Secretary of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), resigned from his position following a standoff with Chairperson Chandrakala Padia. Days before his resignation, Verma had on July 16 written to the IIAS director Pof Chetan Singh, complaining against the “authoritarian, prejudiced, biased and irrational attitude” of the chairperson, raising of issues which are “very petty and personal in nature and have nothing to do with the betterment of the Institute” and involving issues like the “non functioning of telephones at the Delhi Camp office and regarding the inconvenience caused to her guests at the Delhi Camp Office accommodation".[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BHU Intranet Seniority List .
  2. Web site: 2015-07-31 . Who's Who: Chandrakala Padia . 2023-11-28 . BusinessLine . en . 2023-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231129045618/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/chandrakala-padia-chairperson-indian-institute-of-advanced-study-shimla/article7485403.ece . live .
  3. News: Goswami . Urmi . 2014-09-06 . Chandrakala Padia to be IIAS' first woman chairperson . The Economic Times . 2023-11-28 . 0013-0389 . 2023-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231129045617/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/chandrakala-padia-to-be-iias-first-woman-chairperson/articleshow/41825773.cms . live .
  4. Web site: 2006-10-06 . Death penalty is barbaric: BHU prof . 2023-11-28 . Hindustan Times . en . 2023-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231129045617/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/death-penalty-is-barbaric-bhu-prof/story-o7fTjYCYdCAbSEQcUfbqCI.html . live .
  5. Web site: Chandrakala Padia . 2023-11-28 . Fulbright Scholar Program . 2023-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231211214923/https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/chandrakala-padia . live .
  6. Web site: Why the BJP is appointing C-listers to head top institutions . 2023-11-28 .
  7. Web site: BJP and RSS get going with their agenda . 2023-11-28 .
  8. Web site: The missing conservative intellectuals . 2023-11-28 .
  9. News: 2015-08-08 . IIAS Secretary Suneel Verma quits after standoff with chairman Chandrakala Padia . The Economic Times . 2023-11-28 . 2023-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231129045617/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/iias-secretary-suneel-verma-quits-after-standoff-with-chairman-chandrakala-padia/articleshow/48398194.cms?from=mdr . live .

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