New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): More than 300 scholars have appealed to the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to urgently intervene in the "unjust and punitive dismissal" of an Associate Professor at the South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi.

In a letter addressed to SAARC Secretary-General Ambassador Md Golam Sarwar, the scholars expressed concern over what they termed as a violation of academic freedom and due process at the university, which was established under SAARC to promote regional cooperation through higher learning.

The signatories, including several renowned global academics and intellectuals, have urged the Secretary-General to call upon SAU to immediately rescind the termination of Dr Snehashish Bhattacharya, who Ass

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