Delhi University Denies Leave To Professor Who Joined Podcast With Kunal Kamra
Delhi University allegedly denied leave to Professor Apoorvanand for an academic event in America after his appearance on Kunal Kamra’s podcast. The podcast was uploaded on YouTube on April 15, 2025, and on April 17, the professor was denied leave to attend the event.
Kunal Kamra shared the information on the social media and called out the state of academic freedom in Indian universities.
2 days ago, I released a podcast with Prof- Apoorvanand about the sorry state of academic freedom in Indian Universities..
I wake up this morning and hear that he has been denied leave to go speak at an academic event in America which is the exact censorship we discussed about. pic.twitter.com/CDTRcC9k0H
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) April 17, 2025
Prof Apoorvanand Jha, a Delhi University professor, discussed censorship in Indian Universities on Kamra’s post, released on April 15, 2025.
Reportedly, Apoorvanand has remained a critic of cultural erasure in education, calling CBSE syllabus changes ‘cultural genocide’. The DU professor was asked to submit his talk’s text for approval, which he calls censorship.
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On the Kunal Kamra’s podcast show the Prof Jha discussed on crucial topics such as teaching literature, education beyond classroom, why do parents discourage their children from student politics, are private universities freer than public universities and trend of choosing non-humanities subjects.
Also, prof talked on the imposition of Hindi in educational institutes, polarisation of classrooms, freedom on univerisities in India and how does the free universities look like.
Notably, Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has created a buzz after commenting on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a show which created opposition and damage of properties even threats to his life.
