Nita Ambani Hasn't Received Any Invitation From Banaras Hindu University: Reliance

Nita Ambani BHU appointment news fake, says Reliance: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) rejected reports surrounding Nita Ambani's appointment as visiting lecturer at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), calling them fake. " She hasn't received an invitation from BHU," RIL said in a statement.

Reports that Nita Ambani (in pic) will be a visiting lecturer at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fake. She hasn't received an invitation from BHU: Reliance Industries Limited spokesperson to ANI pic.twitter.com/dd8MUpER8T

— ANI (@ANI) March 17, 2021

According to various reports, the BHU University's Social Sciences Faculty had proposed to appoint Neeta Ambani as a visiting faculty at their Women Study Centre. The proposal also included the names of Priti Adani, the wife of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, and Usha Mittal, the wife of industrialist Lakshmi Mittal too. RIL however clarified that Ambani had received no such proposal.

"We sent a letter to the Reliance Foundation asking Nita Ambani to join the Women Study Centre as a visiting professor so that we can benefit from her experience, " said Kaushal Kishore Mishra, Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty.

The proposal created a stir amongst the students of BHU. On Tuesday, about 40 students opposed the appointment of Nita Ambani as a visiting faculty by protesting outside the house of BHU Vice Chancellor Rakesh Bhatnagar.

"We are setting up a wrong example. Being the wife of a rich person is not an achievement and these people cannot be our icons. If you talk about women empowerment, then invite icons like Arunima Sinha, Bachendri Pal, Mary Kom or Kiran Bedi," research scholar Shubham Tiwari told PTI.

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