MEA on Amartya: Haven't received minutes of Nalanda board meeting, can't act yet
February 20, 2015  15:47
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MEA reacts to Dr Amartya Sen's resignation as chancellor of Nalanda university. MEA spokesperson Dr Syed Akbaruddin says the external affairs ministry is yet to receive the approved minutes of the meeting of the governing board of the Nalanda University, so it cannot act as yet. 

Dr Sen writes that his decision to not continue in the post after July was after neither the President Pranab Mukherjee, nor the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) replied to the Board's decision. Because the Board consists of representatives of several Asian countries, the rules required the decision to be routed through the MEA to Rashtrapati Bhawan.

After a month of silence from both the MEA and the President's House, Dr Sen writes that he concluded that, "...the government wants me to cease being the Chancellor."
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