Row erupts as NIT professor who lauded Godse appointed dean

The appointment of a mechanical engineering professor, who was booked last year for praising Nathuram Godse on social media, as one of the deans of National Institute of Technology, Calicut, has sparked a row with the Congress opposing her elevation. Godse had assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.

Shaija Andavan attracted widespread censure especially from the Left parties and the Congress over her comments praising Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. (HT Photo)

Shaija Andavan was recently appointed as the dean of planning and development at the institute and is set to take charge on March 7.