Sun Oct 13 19:01:20 UTC 2024: ## Renowned Academic and Activist G.N. Saibaba Passes Away in Hyderabad

**Hyderabad, October 13, 2024:** G.N. Saibaba, a former professor at Delhi University and prominent academic, passed away on Saturday night in Hyderabad due to prolonged illness. He was receiving treatment at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) at the time of his death.

Saibaba’s family has announced that his body will be donated to Gandhi Hospital, and his two eyes will be donated to LV Prasad Eye Institute, as per his wishes.

Saibaba’s body will be kept at his residence in Moula Ali for public viewing on Sunday, October 14. The family will collect his body from NIMS mortuary at 8 am on Sunday. The body will be taken to Gun Park at 9 am and will remain there for half an hour. It will then be taken to Srinivasa Heights near Moula Ali Kaman at 10 am and will stay there until 2 pm. The final procession will start at 2:30 pm and reach Gandhi Medical College in Secunderabad by 4 pm.

Born into a poor farmer’s family in Amalapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, Saibaba contracted polio at the age of 5, leaving him with permanent disability. He completed his graduation from Sri Konaseema Bhanuji Rams College, Amalapuram, and pursued his postgraduate degree from Hyderabad University. He completed his PhD in 2013. He served as a professor of English at Ram Lal Anand College, an affiliated college of Delhi University.

Saibaba was arrested in 2014 on charges of having links with Maoists. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Gadchiroli Sessions Court in 2017. After spending ten years in jail, he was acquitted by the Bombay High Court on March 5, 2024, and released from Nagpur jail.

However, Saibaba had lamented the toll his prison term had taken on his life, expressing his anguish at the physical and psychological abuse he endured during his incarceration. He recounted being confined to cells without a wheelchair despite his disability and being housed in the same cell as those convicted of heinous crimes.

The academic’s death is mourned by his family, friends, and colleagues, who are remembering him for his relentless activism and contributions to the field of education.

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