Committee of Concerned Scientists

An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world.

An independent non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world.

Sri Lankan Professor of Sociology Leaves South Asian University After Launching Politically Motivated Investigation into his PhD Student’s Proposal

Sasanka Perera, a former South Asian University (SAU) professor of sociology and the same university’s former vice president and dean, recently left his position after its administration launched an investigation into his graduate student’s PhD proposal. The proposal was about Kashmir and included a quote from the well-known political critic, Noam Chomsky. In the quote, Chomsky criticizes India’s ... Continue Reading>>

Talk on the Israel-Palestine Conflict by Writer and Retired Professor Canceled at IIT Bombay

Achin Vanaik, noted writer and retired professor of political science at University of Delhi, was due to give a talk on the Israel-Palestine Conflict in the context of the current war at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on November 14, 2023. However, it was canceled due to student objections alleging a previous talk was antisemitic and ... Continue Reading>>

Political Science Scholar at Ashoka University Denied Tenure Under Suspicious Circumstances

Gilles Verniers, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University and the director of its well-known Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD), was denied tenure under suspicious circumstances. It would appear that this denial of tenure came about due to pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), because of Verniers’ support for another academic we have written about previously ... Continue Reading>>

Four South Asian University Faculty Members in India Suspended for Supposedly Instigating Students to Protest

Four South Asian University faculty members, including Professors Srinivas Burra, Irfanullah Farooqi, Snehashish Bhattacharya, and Ravi Kumar were suspended for supposedly getting students to protest, not appropriately discharging their “duties”, and for supposed ties to communists. The Committee of Concerned Scientists is concerned that these suspensions are an attempt to silence dissent on ... Continue Reading>>

Acquittal of English Professor from Delhi University Rescinded

G.N. Saibaba, a former English professor from Delhi University, was arrested in 2014 and convicted in 2017 for alleged links to the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and peaceful academic activities. Very recently, the Bombay High Court acquitted him, but the ruling was recently reversed by India’s Supreme Court, despite his ill health. ... Continue Reading>>

Indian Sociology Student has her Registration Cancelled Under Suspicious Circumstances

Safoora Zargar's registration as a sociology graduate student at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university in New Delhi has been canceled. The Committee is concerned by the appearance of retaliation against her over her activism against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019, which she saw as discriminatory against Muslims. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220901105039423 ... Continue Reading>>

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