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.
Going After Campuses Is the Toolkit of Trump, Netanyahu, Modi. Columbia University Is Latest
Amitabh Dubey | 25 March 2025 | The Print
DU Sees A Spurt in ‘Awareness’ Events on Simultaneous Polls
Ashna Butani | 25 March 2025 | The Hindu
The Weight of Fear: The Silent Erosion of Academic Freedom
Samyuktha Kannan | 24 March 2025 | Z Network
Kerala Governor Criticises anti-Savarkar Banner at Calicut University, CPI(M) Responds
23 March 2025 | The News Minute
Pondicherry University Admin Stops Football Tournament over Palestine Solidarity Banner
23 March 2025 | Maktoob Media
Academics Air Equivalency Worry over UGC’s New Role in Foreign Degree Recognition
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 23 March 2025 | The Telegraph
Rituals of Selection: UGC’s New Draft and Politics of Faculty Recruitment in Indian Universities
Vidyasagar Sharma | 23 March 2025 | Doing Sociology
Delhi Police Arrests Muslim Student Leader from Jamia Millia over Diwali Scuffle Instigated by ABVP
22 March 2025 | Maktoob Media
JNU Professor Rohit Azad Withdraws from SAU Event in Solidarity with Suspended Professors, Students
Anu Parthiban | 21 March 2025 | Careers360
5 Years on, Key NEP Policies are Failing on the Ground
Shradha Chettri | 21 March 2025 | Careers360
Delhi Govt to take over UCMS, Faces Backlash from DU Faculty
Anshita Mehra | 21 March 2025 | The Tribune
Government Stands by Contract Hiring of Teachers, Defends UGC Proposal to Scrap 10 Per Cent Cap
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 21 March 2025 | The Telegraph
Why Kerala’s University Bill has the Opposition Seeing ‘Red’
Aneesa PA | 20 March 2025 | The Print
Political Intolerance and Declining Academic Freedom in India
Zoya Hasan | 19 March 2025 | The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy
Delhi: Jamia University Revokes Suspension of Students Involved in ‘CAA-NRC Remembrance Day’ Protests — With Separate Conditions
Sohini Ghosh | 18 March 2025 | The Indian Express
Madhya Pradesh's Sanskrit University To Use 'Bharat' Instead Of 'India'
17 March 2025 | NDTV
‘No Longer an Individual's Fight’, Says Suspended TISS Scholar After Bombay HC Denies Him Relief
Sukanya Shantha | 17 March 2025 | The Wire
Silencing Dissent: How the JNU Playbook Was Used for Jadavpur University
Aparna Bhattacharya | 17 March 2025 | The Wire
University of North Bengal Limps Without VC, Key Heads, Jeopardised by Politics
Binita Paul | 17 March 2025 | The Telegraph
UP: Muslim Student Sent to Jail for Offering Namaz in Open Area of University in Meerut
16 March 2025 | Maktoob Media
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