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Bhaskar Vira
@bhask286
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Univ of Cambridge, Professor of Political Economy; Politics, economy, geography, environment, development, India. He/him.
Dec 15, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Very disturbing reports from Delhi as protests continue over the #CAA2019

Jamia University administrator: "Police have entered the campus by force, no permission was given. Our staff and students are being beaten up and forced to leave the campus"

ndtv.com/india-news/pro… More reporting on protests in Delhi against #CAA2019 from @scroll_in

Delhi police storm into Jamia campus, fire tear gas inside, students trapped scroll.in/latest/946906/…
Feb 24, 2019 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
The recent order by the Supreme Court (thehindu.com/news/national/…) in the #ForestRightsCase risks reversing hard won recognition of rights for India’s forest dwellers. Thread (1/10) The case was brought by a group of conservation organisations that question the constitutional validity of the #ForestRightsAct, reflecting an old and discredited paradigm of #FortressConservation. thehindu.com/opinion/lead/w… (2/10)
Feb 11, 2019 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
We're really looking forward to hosting Pamela Matson as a Distinguished Visitor at @cambridge_uccri @Cambridge_Uni @stjohnscam during the week beginning Feb 25. She's doing a series of public events on #TransitionsTowardsSustainability; all welcome. Grateful to @TellusMaterUK Pamela Matson is an interdisciplinary sustainability scientist, academic leader, and organisational strategist from @Stanford. She's worked on sustainability of agricultural systems and vulnerability and resilience of particular people & places to climate change. #WomenInScience