Reliance Industries Limited on Wednesday said that the reports on a proposal to make Reliance Industries Executive Director Nita Ambani a visiting professor at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are completely false.
Reliance Industries Limited spokesperson has said that the news is fake adding that ‘no proposal or invitation to make her visiting lecturer of BHU has been received’ nor has it been extended to Nita Ambani from the University.
Meanwhile, the BHU administration also said that they have not issued a notice or given the appointment of a visiting professor to Nita Ambani, in any faculty, department or centre in the University.
Amid the reports of the proposal of BHU to appoint Ambani, wife of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, as a visiting professor, a group of students protested outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar on the campus and submitted a memorandum on Tuesday.
Research scholar Shubham Tiwari, who was among the protesting students, said that the step would set a wrong example. “Being the wife of a rich person is not an achievement and these people cannot be our icons. If you talk about women empowerment, then invite icons like Arunima Sinha, Bachendri Pal, Mary Kom, or Kiran Bedi,” Tiwari had said.
Surjitt Sahani
