AMU professor accuses department head, dean of harassment; varsity denies charge

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• Kaushal added that she would not have raised the matter publicly had the university authorities taken her allegations seriously.
• However, she denied that her grievances stemmed from any communal or religious bias, asserting that she had never mentioned religious identity as a reason for harassment in her complaints to the university.
• “I have been at AMU for over a quarter of a century and owe a lot to this institution.
• AMU is my karmabhoomi, and I would never level false allegations,” she said.
• A copy of her written complaint, addressed to the vice-chancellor and dated September 22, 2025, accessed by PTI, however, states that she was being harassed because of her “religious identity”.