New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Thursday hailed Operation Sindoor, calling it “the most decisive and well-coordinated” action she has witnessed in her 60 years.
She also praised the seamless coordination between scientists, the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the political leadership, adding that the operation demonstrated India’s technological superiority and strategic maturity.
Her remarks come in the wake of Operation Sindoor, a series of precision strikes carried out by Indian Armed Forces against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on May 7.
The strikes were followed by precision airstrikes on Pakistani airbases on May 10, after Pakistan launched retaliatory attacks targeting Indian civilians, a temple, and rehabilitation centres.
“In my entire 60 years, I’ve never seen a government take such decisive and well-coordinated action,” Pandit told ANI in an exclusive interview.
“The coordination between scientists, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the political leadership was remarkable. We completed the operation in just 25 to 45 minutes. The world–including China, Russia, and the US–was stunned. I salute the Armed Forces, the Prime Minister, and our scientists,” Pandit further stated.
Pandit also defended the naming of Operation Sindoor, which had come under criticism from some quarters as being “misogynistic.”
She strongly countered this, saying, “India is a feminist civilisation. Sindoor represents auspiciousness and the power of the mother goddess. Whether male or female, Indians use kumkum as a symbol of strength. Those calling it misogynistic simply don’t understand Indian culture.”
The operation was in response to a terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam in which 26 tourists were killed.
Describing the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 Indian tourists as “barbaric,” the JNU VC said, “India has long been a victim of terror. This act must be condemned by every civilised nation. What India did was retaliate with restraint, precision, and clarity. The operation demonstrated not only military capability but also political will–a combination that finally showed the world the strength of Made-in-India weapons and technology.”
Pandit also called out Turkey for supporting Pakistan, saying: “Turkey has openly backed Pakistan, and that cannot be ignored.”
JNU has also suspended an MoU with a Turkish university. The MoU, signed on February 3, 2025, with Inonu University in Malatya, Turkey, was meant to run till 2028.
Pandit said the move was a matter of national security. “How can we maintain academic relations with a country that supports terror and repeatedly stabs India in the back?” she asked.
Pandit clarified that JNU continues to teach Turkish as a language, led by an Indian faculty member, and has 98 MoUs with global institutions. However, she said the university must be mindful of its accountability to Indian taxpayers. “JNU is fully subsidised by Indian citizens. If the Indian state is being undermined, how can we continue ties with a country like Turkey? As an academic and citizen, my security is at risk–and that of every Indian,” she said.
The suspension comes amid rising calls in India to boycott Turkey and Azerbaijan for backing Pakistan during the conflict. Online travel platforms MakeMyTrip and EaseMyTrip have reported a spike in cancellations to both countries. Public anger further intensified after it was revealed that Turkey had supplied advanced weaponry, including drones, to Pakistan. (ANI)
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