IIT Kharagpur whistleblower professor Rajeev Kumar reinstated at JNU - News

An official order by JNU said that the professor will :”resume his duties in School of Computer and Systems Sciences immediately.”

Jawaharlal Nehru University has allowed Rajeev Kumar, former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Karagpur and whistleblower, to be reinstated. An official order by JNU said that he will :”resume his duties in School of Computer and Systems Sciences immediately.”

Former president Pranab Mukherjee had quashed the order for the professor’s compulsory retirement which was decided by IIT KGP in 2014, following which Kumar had approached the Delhi High Court…