When Firoz Khan was offered his first job to teach Sanskrit literature at the prestigious Banaras Hindu University (BHU), he 
couldn't contain his excitement.

But it has been more than three weeks since and he is yet to conduct a single class.

As news of his appointment made the rounds across the campus on 6 November, a group of some 30 students staged a sit-
in outside the vice-chancellor's office in protest.