<div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Andrea Giacomelli</div><div><a href="http://www.pibinko.org" target="_blank">http://www.pibinko.org</a> Cultura, ambiente, innovazione libera...</div><div><a href="https://www.unirural.org" target="_blank">https://www.unirural.org</a> ...educazione...</div><div><a href="http://www.jugbandcm.it" target="_blank">http://www.jugbandcm.it</a> ...e musica</div><div>+39 3791680739 - voce</div><div>+39 3317539228 - whatsapp</div><div>PIVA 01582480537</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il dom 9 ago 2026, 8:35 PM Suchith Anand via GeoForAll <<a href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=""><p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Dear colleagues,</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The University of Greater Manchester vice-chancellor suspended last year over allegations of financial mismanagement and other misconduct has been sacked from his post. Details at <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j19yx4026o" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j19yx4026o</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Are UK universities doing enough to monitor internal fraud or financial misconduct?</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">UK universities should enforce strict anti-corruption measures under the UK Bribery Act 2010.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">UK universities would do well to learn from the mistakes of Australian and Canadian institutions foolish enough to engage with corporate consultants Nous etc. These companies promises of efficiency and savings have ultimately proven costly and incredibly damaging to higher education,  staff and students.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">“Nousferatu”: Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities? Details at  <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714413.2023.2290972#d1e114" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714413.2023.2290972#d1e114</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education/2025/06/14/mind-boggling-stupidity-the-consultancy-that-captured-universities" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/education/2025/06/14/mind-boggling-stupidity-the-consultancy-that-captured-universities</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">"Campus Chaos" on Australian ABC is a must watch for anyone working in a UK university - sobering to see what is going on in Australian Universities, and how inflated VC and executive salaries, institutional opacity, and terrible advice from consulting firms has led to needless job and course cuts in many Australian universities. This is essentially vandalism of an essential social good. Working at the University of Exeter where over 500 of my academic colleagues were notified in June 2026 that they are at risk of redundancy , the revelations in this documentary are familiar. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/campus-chaos/106513874" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/campus-chaos/106513874</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Please sign our petition to defend Humanities and Social Science. Over 35,000 have signed the petition to stop redundancies at the University of Exeter. Details at <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2026-July/006684.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2026-July/006684.html</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">I request the UK government to investigate the role of consultancy firms involved in advising the university senior managements on ‘restructuring’ and senior university management of many UK universities taking significant pay rises and bonuses.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Best wishes</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Suchith</p><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 5 Aug 2026, at 13:19, Suchith Anand  wrote:</div><br><div><div style=""><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-size:13px">Dear colleagues,</span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">According to the Guardian article dated  8 July 2026 , three people have been arrested as part of an investigation into financial crimes involving the University of Greater Manchester, including allegations of fraud, bribery and money laundering.  </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Details at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/08/three-arrested-investigation-university-of-greater-manchester" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/08/three-arrested-investigation-university-of-greater-manchester</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ly5550jkxo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ly5550jkxo</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/04/regulators-inquiry-university-greater-manchester-fraud-claims" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/04/regulators-inquiry-university-greater-manchester-fraud-claims</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">These news on alleged financial irregularities at the University of Greater Manchester raises questions on the governance and financial structures in UK Higher Education.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">This also raises some serious questions of the Office for Students and why they didn't catch any of this? </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The police only got involved thanks to some good local investigative journalism. Let's protect actual journalism, and let's change the governance & funding system of UK Higher Education.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">What does Andy Burnham’s promise to transfer power from Westminster to local communities mean for academic communities?</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">This article <b>“UK devolution must extend to its authoritarian universities”</b> published in Times Higher Education  might be of interest. Institutions whose managers are unaccountable to their staff can never be truly civic universities, says Krzysztof Nawratek. Details at</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"> <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-devolution-must-extend-its-authoritarian-universities" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-devolution-must-extend-its-authoritarian-universities</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">This article on <b>“A Co-operative Future for Britain’s Universities?</b>” by Dr Michael Paraskos might be of interest. Details at </div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://party.coop/2026/07/03/a-co-operative-future-for-britains-universities/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://party.coop/2026/07/03/a-co-operative-future-for-britains-universities/</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">This book  launched in July 2026 titled “<b><i>Corrupted Kingdom: Britain’s Disappearing Integrity – and How We Can Get It Back” </i></b><b> </b>by Professor Robert Barrington (Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the University of Sussex) might be of interest. Details at <a href="https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-for-study-of-corruption/index" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/centre-for-study-of-corruption/index</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The UK's universities are facing an unprecedented crisis. Across the sector, thousands of jobs are being lost, departments are shrinking, and research capacity is being eroded. I request the UK government to investigate the role of consultancy firms involved in advising the university senior managements on ‘restructuring’ and senior university management of many UK universities taking significant pay rises and bonuses throughout a worsening national economic situation.</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Best wishes</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Suchith</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Professor Suchith Anand</div><div style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-size:13px;line-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