hiː ɹɪzˈaɪnd fɹʌm ɐʃˈoʊkə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi æz ɐ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ɪn mˈɑːɹtʃ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti wˈʌn, wˌɛn tɹˈʌstiːz pɹˈæmæθ ɹˈɑːdʒ sˈɪnhə ænd ˈæʃɪʃ dˈæwən ɑːɹ sˈɛd tə hæv tˈoʊld mˈeɪɾə ðˈæt "hɪz ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl ˌɪntɚvˈɛnʃənz wɜː sˈʌmθɪŋ ðeɪ kʊd nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ pɹətˈɛkt.".
He resigned from Ashoka University as a professor in March 2021, when trustees Pramath Raj Sinha and Ashish Dhawan are said to have told Mehta that "his intellectual interventions were something they could no longer protect.".