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.
Deciphering Contemporary Silence in Indian Academic Spaces
Rama Devi and Deepshikha Sharma | 27 April 2025 | Doing Sociology
Indian Knowledge System to Be In UG Curriculum of Major Subjects
26 April 2025 | Times of India
AMU Denies PhD Admission over Alleged Involvement in Protest, Student Files Writ Petition in Allahabad HC
25 April 2025 | MaktoobMedia
How Centre is Undermining State Autonomy and Politicising UGC
Nabeel Kolothumthodi | 25 April 2025 | NewsClick
Ambedkar University Suspensions: Students, Faculty Call Out ‘Institutional Clampdown on Dissent’
Zenaira Bakhsh | 24 April 2025 | The Print
India’s Fall in Global Academic Freedom Index Plays Out at Clampdown an Protest at a Delhi University
Rishab Gaur | 23 April 2025 | Article 14
‘Don’t Scrap B.El.Ed Programme’: International Academics from Cambridge, Wisconsin Appeal to Edu Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Abhinaya Harigovind | 22 April 2025 | The Indian Express
Kerala: RSS Training Camp at Mar Ivanios College Triggers Controversy
21 April 2025 | The News Minute
P Chidambaram Writes: University Education in Peril
P Chidambaram | 20 April 2025 | The Indian Express
The Quiet Dismantling of Liberal Education at Delhi University
Pravin Raj Singh | 20 April 2025 | The Wire
The Quiet Coup in Kashmir’s Academia
Dr. Ashraf Zainabi | 19 April 2025 | The Kashmir Observer
In Delhi University Denial of Leave to Professor, Echo of Trump vs Free Thought in Academia
Sourjya Bhowmick | 17 April 2025 | The Telegraph
The Many Indias in Our Knowledge Stream
Navneet Sharma and Sushant Kishore | 15 April 2025 | The Deccan Herald
क्यों पतन की तरफ बढ़ रहे हैं हमारे विश्वविद्यालय?
Apoorvanand | 14 April 2025 | Hindi Satya
Apprenticeship News: Universities may Face an Uphill Task of Designing AEDP Curriculum Introduced by UGC for July 2025
Utkarsh Tripathi | 14 April 2025 | Economic Times
At Delhi’s Ambedkar University, Control is the Curriculum
Vedaant Lakhera | 14 April 2025 | The Frontline
Cow Dung on Classroom Walls: DUSU Chief Defaces Principal's Office
13 April 2025 | The Deccan Herald
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