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.
Suspended a Month Ago for ‘Ram Mandir Discussion’, Two Jindal University Students Move Court
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 20 March 2024 | Indian Express
JNU Teachers' Association Condemns Right-Wing Disruption of Nivedita Menon Talk in Odisha
19 March 2024 | The Wire
Bigotry On Display: Muslims Shown As Criminals In Bodoland University’s Cultural Event
SabrangIndia | 19 March 2024 | The Wire
After NEP 2020, Scholarship and Research Fellowship Funds Declined by Over Rs 1,500 Crore
Atul Krishna | 19 March 2024 | News Career 360
Express View on Attack on Foreign Students in Gujarat: Mob on Campus
Editorial | 19 March 2024 | Indian Express
‘Namaz Not the Only Trigger for Violence; Foreign Students Need to Be Sensitised’: Gujarat University V-C Neerja Gupta
Ritu Sharma | 19 March 2024 | Indian Express
Elgar Parishad Case: After Opposing Bail for Years, NIA Now Says it Doesn't Need Custody of Shoma Sen
Sukanya Shantha | 18 March 2024 | The Wire
“We are not safe,” Foreign Students Say After Hindutva Group Attacks Them for Praying Taraweeh at Hostel
Ghazala Ahmad | 17 March 2024 | MaktoobMedia
'Whom is this campus actually for?': Students of TISS Resent Curbs on Debate
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 15 March 2024 | The Telegraph
Protesting President’s decision ‘anti-national’ — IIM Nagpur director & Wardha varsity acting V-C to HC
Sourav Roy Barman | 14 March 2024 | The Print
The Era of the Silenced Academic Must End
Vinod Kottayil Kalidasan | 13 March 2024 | The Wire
JNU Professor Forced to Leave Podium Amid Protests at GMU
13 March 2024 | The Indian Express
55 Students Detained at Delhi University Campus Ahead of Protest Against CAA
PTI | 12 March 2024 | The Economic Times
First Poster Of JNU: Jahangir National University Out; Netizens React To Urvashi Rautela, Ravi Kishan, Rashami Desai's Controversial Film
Sachin T | 12 March 2024 | Free Press Journal
CAA Implementation | Security Beefed Up Around Jamia Millia Islamia, Police Patrol Northeast Delhi
12 March 2024 | The Hindu
Ahead of Poll Code, Centre asks Higher Educational Institutions to Screen PM Modi's Class
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 12 March 2024 | The Telegraph
Supreme Court Declines to Stay Bombay HC Order Acquitting GN Saibaba in ‘Maoist links’ Case
12 March 2024 | The Indian Express
Express View on SC’s Direction to Educate Police on Freedom of Speech: Let the People Speak
Editorial | 11 March 2024
G.N. Saibaba reveals torture and injustice during 10-year imprisonment
Ashutosh Sharma | 09 March 2024 | The Frontline
Educate cops on free speech: Supreme Court quashes FIR on Article 370 protest, greeting Pakistan
Ananthakrishnan G | 8 March 2024 | The Indian Express
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