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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.
IIT Kharagpur Opens Manekshaw Centre of Excellence to Boost Indigenous Defence Innovation
Parthivee Mukherji | 23 August 2025 | The Indian Express
UGC Wants Undergrads to Learn Ancient Bharatiya Maths—Tell Time Through Sun & Moon, Study MuhūRtas
Fareeha Iftikhar | 23 August 2025 | The Print
UGC’s Draft Curriculum Framework Is Primitive, Unscientific: Students Federation of India
23 August 2025 | The Hindu
Draft UGC Curriculum Puts Focus on ‘Ancient Wisdom’
A. M. Jigeesh | 22 August 2025 | The Hindu
NSD’s Dangerous Distortion of Bhisham Sahni’s Classic Drama ‘Tamas’
Prem Vatsa | 22 August 2025 | The Wire
Hanuman Chalisa Recitation Call Sparks Tension at Aligarh Varsity
20 August 2025 | The New Indian Express
Student Leader Talha Mannan Booked for Pro-Palestine Slogans During AMU Protest
20 August 2025 | Maktoob Media
JNU Shock: Shivang Dubey, Who Scrawled Casteist Slurs in Ambedkar Library, Detained
Geetha Sunil Pillai | 20 August 2025 | The Mooknayak
‘Why Invite a Problem That Does Not Exist?’: High Court Asks JNU on Holding Professor’s VRS
Sohini Ghosh | 19 August 2025 | The Indian Express
Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Bars Faculty from Public Criticism of Govt Policies, Institutional Matter
19 August 2025 | The Times of India
Viswa-Bharati Denies Permission for a Lecture on Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen
19 August 2025 | The Wire
Students Refuse to Enter Classrooms as Army Law College Pune Protest Continues on Day 11
Soham Shah | 18 August 2025 | The Indian Express
Rajasthan Govt Says No Student Union Polls This Academic Year, Citing NEP, Disruption of Academic Schedules
15 August 2025 | Maktoob Media
Four AMU Proctorial Team Members Resign Amid Allegations of Mistreatment of Protesting Students
15 August 2025 | Maktoob Media
IIT Kharagpur Withdraws Action against Teachers’ Leaders as Part of Peace Initiative
Subhankar Chowdhury | 14 August 2025 | The Telegraph
Kolkata Police to Seek Custody of JU Alumnus Held for ‘Attack’ on Edu Minister
14 August 2025 | Economic Times
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