Archive · 12 Oct 2026
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Academic and Activist, Dies at 75
Kamal Mitra Chenoy was a teacher and activist who cared deeply about fairness and equal rights.
He taught students about politics and India’s Constitution at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
He believed that people should be able to speak freely and that different communities should live together as equals.
He also studied who benefits when countries become richer and industries grow.
Chenoy joined protests and worked on issues such as workers’ rights and communal violence.
In 2006, he fasted in support of a protest against the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
He retired from teaching in 2018.
He developed Alzheimer’s disease and died at 75, according to the article.
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, a retired JNU professor and longtime activist, died on Sunday at 75; the article reports internal haemorrhage as the cause.
He taught comparative politics and the Indian Constitution at JNU’s School of International Studies and retired in 2018.
Chenoy joined Medha Patkar’s 2006 hunger-strike protest after police detained her, fasting for four days at Jantar Mantar.
His research and activism addressed political economy, secularism, sustainable development, human security and communal violence.
Diagnosed with fast-progressing Alzheimer’s in 2020, he was infected with Covid-19 three times in 2021–22; he is survived by his wife and two children.
- Who
- Kamal Mitra Chenoy, a retired professor and activist.
- What
- He died at 75; the article says the cause was internal haemorrhage.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The article does not specify where he died. He taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
- Why
- The reported cause of death was internal haemorrhage.
- Age at death
- 75
- JNU retirement
- 2018
- Alzheimer’s diagnosis
- 2020
- Covid-19 infections
- Three times between 2021 and 2022
- Reported cause of death
- Internal haemorrhage
- Survivors
- Wife Anuradha M Chenoy and children Ayesha and Ajit Chenoy
- 2006 protest
- Fasted for four days at Jantar Mantar after Medha Patkar was detained