Historian and Padma Bhushan awardee Romila Thapar has said that she is not willing to share her CV with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to continue as a professor emeriti.

Romila Thapar, one of the most celebrated historians in India, has been a professor at JNU for several decades before she was given the prestigious position as an emeritus at JNU.

According to the reports, she has been asked to submit her CV by the JNU administration for further consideration.

Speaking to India Today TV, Romila Thapar confirmed that she has definitely been asked for her CV by the JNU administration to reconsider her as professor emerita.

She said, "This status is given for a lifetime, the JNU admin is going against the basics, asking me for the CV now."

Romila Thapar said that the JNU admin asked her for CV, stating that they are checking records of all professors above the age of 75 to reconsider the status.

JNU registrar Pramod Kumar had last month wrote to 87-years-old Romila Thapar and asked her to submit her CV so that a "committee appointed by the university could evaluate" her work and decide whether she should continue as professor emerita.

While the Left-winged and NSUI students seemed to be unhappy with the administration's decision, the RSS-affiliated students' inion ABVP did not make any statement.

N Sai Balaji, president of JNUSU said, "Asking CV from Prof Romila Thapar whose reputation comes from her academic rigor, commitment and research quality is part of larger agenda of this government that wants destroy research and learning."

"It's highly unfortunate that the registrar has sent the mail. If there are any brains left with the JNU VC, he should immediately apologise to Prof Romila Thapar and stop this motiveless destruction of JNU," he said.

Clearing the air around the issue, the JNU admin issued a statement, laying down the rules for the 'emiritus professorship'.

The statement said, "As per the ordinance, the university is required to write to all those who have attained the age of 75 years to know their availability and their willingness to continue their association with the university. Letters have been written only to those emeritus professors who fall in this category."

"Writing these letters as per the ordinance is not for discontinuation but for an informed review by the executive council, the highest statutory body of the university. Such a review is consistent with the practices at other reputed universities such as MIT and Princeton University where, as given below, the university has the right to review the academic contributions of the emeritus professors. They even have the right to rescind such appointments," the JNU administration's statement read.