DU Teachers Slam Foreign University Campuses in India over Social Justice Concerns
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 11 October 2025 | The Telegraph
A teachers’ body at Delhi University (DU) on Friday cited the lack of reservation and regulation on campuses of foreign universities in India and opposed the government’s decision to welcome more overseas institutions to set up bases in India. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday announced that eight more UK universities would set up campuses in India. The University of Southampton has already opened a campus in Gurgaon.
Academics for Action and Development Teachers’ Association (AADTA) member Seema Das said the outfit opposed the University Grants Commission (Setting up and Operation of Campus of Foreign Higher Education Institutions into India) Regulations, which allow foreign universities to set up campuses in India. Das said the regulations convert educational institutions into commercial enterprises, elitist enclaves and distant from Indian socio-economic-cultural problems.