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IIT-Gandhinagar to review Michel Danino's guest professor role
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A standing committee at IIT-Gandhinagar will review Michel Danino's role as a guest professor after the Supreme Court directed governments and public institutions to dissociate from him.
Why it matters
A standing committee at IIT-Gandhinagar will examine Danino's guest professorship appointment. The review follows a Supreme Court directive instructing the Centre and all state governments to dissociate from Danino and two other experts. IIT-Gandhinagar will take a decision on Danino's appointment after the standing committee completes its assessment. Danino previously chaired the NCERT curricular area group for social science textbooks and served on the Centre's NEP 2020 curriculum committee.
Implications
- • IIT-Gandhinagar will defer a final decision on Danino's guest professorship pending the standing committee's review.
- • Central and state governments and public institutions are instructed to dissociate from Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar, and Alok Prasanna Kumar.
- • Danino's participation in national curriculum or advisory committees is subject to institutional dissociation actions.
Who is affected
- • University administrators and standing committees at IITs
- • Central and state education departments and public institutions
- • Curriculum and textbook drafting experts
What to watch
- • Standing committee decision on Michel Danino's appointment
- • Formal dissociation actions by the Centre or state governments concerning the three experts
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