Professor Sen, who works at the Centre for Studies of Regional Development at JNU, leads an international project studying the transformation of water management practices in the urban fringes of major Indian cities .
It is understood that an armed mob stormed Jawaharlal Nehru University and attacked students and teachers, injuring more than 30 faculty members and students.
Professor Sen is a member of the Teachers’ Association, which had called for a peace assembly at 4pm on Sunday afternoon to discuss recent outbreaks of violence against students on campus. Professor Sen sustained a head injury and serious lacerations in the attack. Among the others injured was JNU Students Union president Aishe Ghosh.
The violence was purportedly motivated by student protests against increases in accommodation fees. It comes amid ongoing nationwide unrest and student mobilization against a new citizenship law, which have heightened tensions on university campuses.
The ISC deplores these incidents and strongly defends the right of students and staff to security on campus and to the peaceful pursuit of learning and research.
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