The appointment of Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday has already attracted considerable criticism.
Much of the criticism was directed at controversial tweets from a Twitter handle purportedly belonging to her (which was deleted by Monday evening). Now, a statement by Pandit on her new role is also being panned.
Pandit issued a press release on Monday expressing her gratitude on being appointed as JNU VC and highlighting her focus areas.
This press release from the new JNU VC is an exhibition of illiteracy,littered with grammatical mistakes (would strive vs will strive;students friendly vs student-friendly;excellences vs excellence).Such mediocre appointments serve to damage our human capital & our youth’s future pic.twitter.com/tSanmy3VfR
— Varun Gandhi (@varungandhi80) February 8, 2022
Some Twitter users soon spotted grammatical mistakes in the press release. One of them was BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who called the statement an “exhibition of illiteracy”.
Attaching a copy of her statement, Varun tweeted on Tuesday, “This press release from the new JNU VC is an exhibition of illiteracy,littered with grammatical mistakes (would strive vs will strive;students friendly vs student-friendly;excellences vs excellence).Such mediocre appointments serve to damage our human capital & our youth’s future.”
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