‘Repression, Not Reform’: TISS Hyderabad Students Condemn New Campus Guidelines; UGC Code Violation Alleged
Vikas Kumar Pandit | 07 August 2025 | News by Careers 360
Student organisations at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad, have issued a joint statement condemning the campus conduct guidelines released by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). The Ambedkarite Students' Association (ASA) and Progressive Students' Forum (PSF) alleged that the guidelines violate the University Grants Commission's (UGC) Student Entitlement Code and curtail students' rights to political engagement and dissent.
According to the student groups, the new guidelines formalise restrictions first imposed through a January 2024 circular that suspended all student activities and unions across TISS campuses. Rather than reversing these measures, the organisations claim the new code institutionalises "repression and surveillance" of student participation in campus affairs…