Higher
Education
Focusing on colleges, universities, and research institutions, this page assesses how academic freedom is protected or restricted in India’s higher education landscape. It investigates issues such as faculty autonomy, campus censorship, regulatory control, political influence, and student rights. The content highlights case studies, policy developments, and ongoing debates that shape the freedom to teach, learn, and research.
Jawaharlal Nehru University's research spending nosedives since 2016
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 16 October 2023 | The Telegraph
‘RSS is destroying universities to deprive Dalits and backward communities of higher education’
11 October 2023 | The Hindu Bureau
AMU Students Booked for Pro-Palestine Slogans; Minister Says 'All Terrorists'
Aliza Noor | 10 October 2023 | The Quint
SC Grants Permission to Professor Who Spoke on Manipur for Filing a Virtual Petition in HC
The Wire | 10 October 2023
Dalit students still face discrimination
Karamala Areesh Kumar, Paul Newman | 9 October 2023 | Deccan
Courses on Hinduism and Hindu Studies Gain Momentum in Indian Universities
09 October 2023 | The Wire
AIIMS move to create spiritual medicine department faces faculty opposition
Ashish Srivastava | 8 October 2023 | New Indian Express
UGC to train over 1,000 teachers to teach Indian knowledge systems from degree level
A. M. Jigeesh, Sreeparna Chakrabarthy | 07 October 2023 | The Hindu
Pulapre Balakrishnan writes: University is where India imagines a common future — it needs to have academic freedom
Pulapre Balakrishnan | 05 October 2023 | Indian Express
Descriptions of Bharat, distinction between varna, jati and caste: What MA course under DU’s new Centre for Hindu Studies has on offer
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 04 October 2023 | The Indian Express
दो प्रतिष्ठित विश्वविद्यालयों की मौत हो रही है!
Apoorvanand | 02 October 2023 | Satyahindi
JNU to set up panel to probe 'anti-national' slogans on campus
PTI | 2 October 2023 | India Today
Uproar at NLIU Bhopal Over Event With 'Communal' Speakers Where Eminent Academics Were Villanised
Sukanya Shantha | 01 October 2023 | The Wire
5 ad hoc teachers at Indraprastha college ‘displaced’
Samad Hoque | 30 September 2023 | The Tribune
'End of Academic Autonomy': Gujarat Public Universities Bill Draws Flak
30 September 2023 | The Wire
Delay in AMU V-C appointment hints at ‘ulterior motives’ on minority education, say two SP MPs
Mayank Kumar | 28 September 2023 | The Hindu
DU college sacks six ad-hoc professors, recruits 11 teachers with 'inferior qualifications
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 26 September 2023 | Edugraph
NEP 2020 could reinforce societal inequalities, create cheap labourers: JNU Professor
26 September 2023 | The Hindu
The long walk to academic freedom in India
Saikat Majumdar | 24 September 2023 | The Scroll
Jawaharlal Nehru University witnesses steady decline in female students in recent years
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 23 September 2023 | Edugraph
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