The claim
Amartya Sen and the daughters of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embezzled ₹2730 crore allocated by the Indian government to build Nalanda University. The Modi government, upon coming to power in 2014, dissolved the old committee due to this misuse.
Original review summary
The review reports that Manmohan Singh’s daughters denied any association with Nalanda University, and that the university said Sen drew no salary as Chancellor. It says only ₹47.28 crore of the approved ₹2727.10 crore had been released by February 2015, and that no official government statement linked the 2016 committee restructuring to corruption allegations against Sen.[S1]
Additional context
The review says Sen resigned as Chancellor in February 2015, citing government interference in university affairs, and was excluded from the new governing body proposed in 2016. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026