Kolkata: Different professors’ associations held protests against the inter-university transfer bill at their respective universities on Friday.
At Jadavpur University, around 125 teachers held a march from Triguna Sen statue to Aurobindo Bhavan and submitted a letter to the vice-chancellor opposing the transfer bill. At Calcutta University, around 70 to 80 professors, non-teaching staff and researchers staged a protest on the College Street campus. More than 50 teachers, officers and non-teaching staff members participated in a protest at Rabindra Bharati University, B T Road campus.
JUTA president Partha Pratim Ray said: “The protest was part of the joint call by professors across universities to oppose the transfer bill as it will dismantle autonomy of the university and hamper academic and research. A demonstration was staged in front of Technology Bhavan by officers, teachers, non-teaching staff and researchers. We submitted a letter to the VC requesting him to make clear the university’s stand on transfer bill. “We request the govt to withdraw this undemocratic bill immediately, else this protest will be taken to the streets. We are ready to fight in the courts, too.