Britain’s Newcastle University faced criticism Thursday (September 24, 2026) for awarding a sustainability professorship to Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man and owner of a scandal-hit giant wildlife centre in India.
Ambani “in recognition of his significant contributions to advancing a more sustainable future. Bindra. Newcastle University said on September 14, it awarded the professorship of practice in sustainability to Mr.
“Work at Vantara closely aligns with the University’s world-leading research on global conservation and biodiversity targets,” the university in northern England said. “Newcastle University is really stooping low here and making a mockery of sustainability,” Lyla Mehta, a researcher at the Institute of Development Studies, affiliated with the University of Sussex, said on social media Thursday (September 24). “When we’re talking about a university, you’re nurturing, mentoring, skilling a generation of conservationists,” added Ms.
