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London University Professor Deported From Delhi Airport Over Visa Violations
Press Trust of India | Updated: October 22, 2025 08:53 IST
Sources said Orsini has been on a 'Black List' since March for violation of visa conditions
Highlights
- Francesca Orsini, a London University professor, was deported from Delhi Airport for visa violations
- Sources said she arrived from Hong Kong and was on a tourist visa at the time of deportation
- She has been blacklisted since March 2025 for violating visa conditions, sources said
New Delhi:
A professor associated with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London was deported from the IGI Airport over alleged violation of visa conditions, sources said on Tuesday.
Francesca Orsini, a scholar of Hindi and professor emerita at SOAS, was deported Monday, soon after she arrived from Hong Kong, a source in the Ministry of Home Affairs said. Orsini has been on a 'Black List' since March 2025 for violation of visa conditions, they said.
"Francesca Orsini was on a tourist visa, but she has been violating visa conditions," the source said.
"This is a standard global practice that if a person is found violating visa conditions, he/she can be black listed," the source said.
The scholar is known for her book, The Hindi Public Sphere 1920-1940: Language and Literature in the Age of Nationalism.
Reacting to her deportation, historian Ramachandra Guha termed Orsini a great scholar of Indian literature, "whose work has richly illuminated our understanding of our own cultural heritage."
Orisini had reportedly last visited India in October 2024.
Published: October 21, 2025 21:49 IST
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