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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.
Host Lovely Professional University’s last-minute withdrawal leaves historic Science Congress in the lurch
Jacob Koshy | 19 December 2023 | The Hindu
UGC’s selfie points with PM Modi: It’s the nature of leaders to clone themselves as their nation
Sumana Roy | 18 December 2023 | Indian Express
JNU students’ union to hold torch march on December 23 against new manual, proctorial inquiries
Express News Service | 18 December 2023 | Indian Express
Students at Zakir Hussain Delhi College Pen Emotional Farewell Letter to Terminated Professor
Geeta Sunil Pillai | 16 December 2023 | The Mooknayak
A teacher, displaced: Why Delhi University’s actions have made me want to quit academia
Rituparna Patgiri | 16 December 2023 | The Indian Express
Why I was displaced from Indraprastha College for Women?
Dr. Shubhda Chaudhary | 16 December 2023 | Maktoob Media
Cease all ongoing inquiries against students: JNU students' outfits to V-C
PTI | 15 December 2023 | Hindustan Times
16 JNU students issued notice for September protest outside V-C residence
15 December 2023 | The Indian Express
An Ode to the ‘Ad-Hoc’ Teachers of Ramjas English Department
Abinash Dash Choudhary | 15 December 2023 | The Wire
In JNU today, the price for free speech is Rs 20,000
Anirban Bhattacharya, Banojyotsna Lahiri | 14 December 2023 | The Indian Express
DU wants policy on social media use by staff, teachers apprehensive
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 14 December 2023 | The Indian Express
From America to India: Academic freedom is misunderstood
Satish Deshpande | 14 December 2023 | The Indian Express
DU respects autonomy, won’t take steps to curb academic freedom: Vice-Chancellor
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 14 December 2023 | The Indian Express
New Ramjas teachers ‘quote Ramayana, dislike Marxist historians’—students miss academic rigour
Sonal Matharu | 14 December 2023 | The Print
‘Tantamount to killing the university’: Ex-JNU Students Union presidents on protest curbs
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 13 December 2023 | Indian Express
JNU issues rules for conduct on campus: Rs 20,000 fine for dharnas, Rs 10,000 for raising anti-national slogans
Vishu Adhana | 11 December 2023 | ANI
After selfie points, UGC issues diktat on PM Narendra Modi’s speech
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 11 December 2023 | The Telegraph
Sacking of DU’s vocal faculty Laxman Yadav sparks outrage
Ghazala Ahmad | 9 December 2023 | Maktoob Media
BBC documentary screening: Produce copy of original file, Delhi HC to DU on its decision debarring PhD student
08 December 2023 | The Indian Express
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