Nitasha Kaul, Indian-Origin UK-Based Professor Denied Entry Into India

Zaheer Hussain
February 26, 2024
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Nitasha Kaul, An Indian-origin UK-based Professor At The University Of Westminster, Claimed That She Was Denied Entry Into India And Was Sent Back To London From The Bengaluru Airport Based On “Orders From Delhi”.

Nitasha Kaul, Indian-Origin UK-Based Professor Denied Entry Into India

Why In The News?

Nitasha Kaul, An Indian-origin UK-based Professor At The University Of Westminster, Claimed That She Was Denied Entry Into India And Was Sent Back To London From The Bengaluru Airport Based On “Orders From Delhi”.
Nitasha Kaul Was Reportedly Invited By The Karnataka Government To Participate As A Speaker In The Two-day ‘Constitution And National Unity Convention -2024’ Organised On February 24 And 25.

According To Nitasha Kaul, She Was Denied Entry Because Of Her Opinions On “Democratic And Constitutional Values”. She Also Said The Airport Officials Made References To Her Earlier Criticism Of The RSS.
Asserting That She Is Not Anti-India But Anti-Authoritarian And Pro-Democracy, Kaul Said, “I Am A Globally Respected Academic & Public Intellectual, Passionate About Liberal Democratic Values. I Care For Gender Equity, Challenging Misogyny, Sustainability, Civil & Political Liberties, Rule Of Law…decades Of My Work Speaks For Me.”

Who Is Nitasha Kaul?

Nitasha Kaul Is A Professor Of Politics, International Relations, And Critical Interdisciplinary Studies At The University Of Westminster In London.
Kaul Has A BA Honours In Economics From SRCC, Delhi University, And A Masters In Economics With A Specialisation In Public Policy, And A Joint Ph.D. In Economics And Philosophy From The University Of Hull, UK (2003).
From 2002 To 2007, She Worked As An Assistant Professor Of Economics At The Bristol Business School. In 2010, She Worked As An Associate Professor In Creative Writing At The Royal Thimphu College In Bhutan.

Kaul Is Also A Novelist, Writer, And A Poet. Her First Book Was A Scholarly Monograph On Economics And Philosophy Titled ‘Imagining Economics Otherwise: Encounters With Identity/Difference’ (Routledge, 2007).
She Is Also The Co-editor Of A Special Economic And Political Weekly (EPW) Volume In 2018 On ‘Women And Kashmir’. Kaul Has Co-edited ‘Can You Hear Kashmiri Women Speak? Narratives Of Resistance And Resilience’ (Women Unlimited, 2020) And Has Provided Expert Testimony As An Academic At The US Congress On Kashmir And Human Rights In The Aftermath Of The 2019 Revocation Of Autonomy For The Region.

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Zaheer Hussain

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