A spokesperson of Reliance Industries Limited on Wednesday
confirmed that reports of Nita Ambani being invited as a visiting professor at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fake, further noting that she had not received
any invitations from the central university, reported news agency ANI.

“Reports that Nita Ambani will be a visiting lecturer at
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fake. She hasn’t received an invitation from
BHU”, ANI quoted the spokesperson as saying.

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Earlier, in view of the proposal to bring in Ambani as a visiting lecturer, several students of the university had staged a protest
outside the office of the Vice Chancellor on Tuesday.

Nidhi Sharma, coordinator of the Centre for Women’s Studies
and Development in the university, had stated on Tuesday that the proposal
to make Ambani a visiting professor had been sent to authorities.

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“Ambani is a woman entrepreneur. If she joins our centre, the
women of Purvanchal will get the benefit of her experience”, she was
quoted by PTI as saying.

One of the protestors had reportedly said during the demonstrations
that instead of Ambani, those who had set an example of women empowerment should
be invited to the university.