DU cancels seminar on ‘land, property, and democratic rights’ at the last minute. Convener steps down

New Delhi: The University of Delhi has cancelled at the last minute a seminar on land and property rights, scheduled for Friday at the Delhi School of Economics (DSE). Subsequently, Professor Nandini Sundar, a sociology faculty member at the DSE, has stepped down as convener of the seminar series.

While organisers said the university did not provide a reason for cancelling the event, Delhi University Registrar told ThePrint that “the department had not sought the required permission for the event”.

The seminar, titled ‘Land, Property, and Democratic Rights’ was part of the DSE Friday Colloquium series, organised by the Delhi School of Economics’ Department of Sociology, for decades. Show Full Article

Sharing the update on the cancellation, Sundar in a social media post said, “No reason