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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
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PUBLISHEDSep 24, 2026, 10:26 AM
What the source reports
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.
The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in…
Main source: The Guardian Environment
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