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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.
PM Modi Inaugurates Newly Constructed Nalanda University Campus
Umesh Kumar Ray | 19 June 2024 | The Wire
Maharashtra Scholarship Squeeze: Stricter Rules Threaten Dreams of SC, OBC Students
Sanchita Bakshi | 17 June 2024 | The Wire
Teachers Protest SOPs by Daulat Ram, DU for Appointment as Assistant Professors; Varsity Free to Choose Criteria, Says UGC
Vidheesha Kuntamalla | 17 June 2024 | The Indian Express
Social Inequality, Loss of Academic Autonomy and Many Ills of Common PhD Entrance Test
Vikas Gupta | 15 June 2024 | The Wire
Why NEP Implementation Has Been A Failure
Debraj Mookerjee | 15 June 2024 | The Indian Express
Academics Oppose Amended University Law
Hemanta Pradhan | 15 June 2024 | The Times of India
UGC Initiates Biannual Admissions: Paving the Way for Flexibility or Fueling Faculty Concerns?
Ayanabha Banerjee | 13 June 2024 | The Mooknayak
Delhi University Tweaks Faculty Recruitment Criteria, Teachers Object
11 June 2024 | The Telegraph
Kolkata Teacher Resigns Over Alleged Hijab Ban, University Issues Clarification
11 June 2024 | Hindustan Times
A Hindi Professor's Harassment by ABVP Shows Near-Complete Takeover of Universities by RSS-BJP
Apoorvanand | 10 June 2024 | The Wire
Students, Faculty of Delhi University Express Concern over UGC Push for Extra Year
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 03 June 2024 | The Telegraph
Payal Kapadia’s A Night of Knowing Nothing Sheds Light on Students’ Struggle Against BJP
Ajay UK | 27 May 2024 | The News Minute
New PhD Guidelines Do Injustice to Diversity of Student Body Through a Uniform Admission Process
Krishna Menon and Tanuja Kothiyal | 27 May 2024 | The Indian Express
Trust JNU's Strengths, Says Former Dean at University of Delhi
Anita Rampal | 19 May 2024 | The Week
A Trojan Horse for Privatisation of Education
Navneet Sharma and Anamica Sharma | 18 May 2024 | Deccan Herald
‘I Was Never Involved In Communal Thought, I Became A Victim of It’: Ex-Law College Principal Booked Over ‘Hinduphobic’ Book Gets SC Relief
Anand Mohan J | 17 May 2024 | The Indian Express
Suspended by TISS, PhD Student Moves HC, Seeks Revocation of Order
16 May 2024 | The Indian Express
Rohith Vemula Suicide: Police Spent Energies on Disproving His Caste, Ignored Letter to V-C Asking for Poison and Rope
Sreenivas Janyala | 5 May 2024 | The Indian Express
Telangana Police to Conduct Further Probe into Rohith Vemula Death After Filing Closure Report Claiming He Was Not Dalit
Sreenivas Janyala | 4 May 2024 | The Indian Express
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