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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.
J&K Contractual Lecturers Protest Govt’s ‘Guest Faculty’ Order
Syed Mohammad Burhan | 13 February 2024 | Kashmir Observer
How retraints were imposed on academic freedom on the IIM-Ahmedabad campus
Sandeep Pandey | 12 February 2024 | Counterview
Ram Mandir Consecration and Student Perspectives at Delhi University- A Campus Report
Aksh, Stuti Paul | 11 February 2024 | The Mooknayak
Rajasthan: Colleges Hold Ram-Themed Competitions After ISRO Affiliated Organisation’s Letter to CM
Deep Mukherjee | 10 February 2024 | The Wire
‘It Is Suffocating’: A Top Liberal University Is Under Attack in India
Sameer Yasir | 10 February 2024 | The New York Times
Exclusive-India Hindu group puts allies in Muslim universities in outreach for votes
Krishna N. Das and Saurabh Sharma | 09 February 2024 | Reuters / The Print
A campus discoloured: On the saffronisation of National Institute of Technology, Calicut
A S Jayanth | 8 February 2024 | The Hindu
A failed attempt at denying backward groups their place in India’s universities
G Kiran Kumar | 7 February 2024 | Deccan Herald
Former BJP media cell convener appointed V-C of Mahatma Gandhi-founded Gujarat Vidyapith amid controversy
Satish Jha | 07 February 2024 | Deccan Herald
Schools Closed, Colleges on Half Day in Goa's Margao Because of PM Modi's Visit
06 February 2024 | The Wire
Pune college ‘prom night’ disrupted on January 22, attendees forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’: Report
6 February 2024 | Scroll.in
In Pune, Another Day of Yielding to Political Pressure and Sacrificing the Defenceless
R. Raj Rao | 6 February 2024 | The Wire
'Targeting dissent'? Delhi University teacher absenteeism probe sparks backlash
05 February 2024 | India Today
The Reign of Unfreedom: IIT-Bombay & the cancellation of the Dr Ganesh Devy lecture
Abhay Kumar | 05 February 2024 | Sabrang India
The Crisis Within Education: An Excerpt of G.N. Devy's Lecture Which IIT-B Cancelled
04 February 2024 | The Wire
JNU students must neutralise anti-India narratives, says Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
03 February 2024 | The Hindu
Amid saffronisation charges against NIT Calicut, professor courts controversy over pro-Godse comment
03 February 2024 | Mathrubhumi
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