The government’s One Nation, One Subscription scheme seeks to expand digital access to academic journals, which are usually very expensive. But questions remain about the true extent of coverage and…
Rising college fee costs mean a growing debt burden for Indian students in North America and the UK, and an excess supply of graduates mean it is much more difficult to get jobs after graduation.
The trend of doctoral scholars and researchers in Western universities hiring poorly paid Indians for fieldwork reinforces gatekeeping in knowledge production.
Global Studies programmes are in favour across the world. Their worth in being able to make students engage with contemporary challenges requires a deeper focus on actually existing forms of…
The dominant mindset in India's science community has produced a gruelling culture that casts aside a large proportion of women and other minority groups. Governmental measures to improve…
Students when at the cusp of adulthood need to engage with a diversity of ideas. But longstanding structural constraints on university autonomy now have a new edge with state intervention that has a…
Mathematics was integral to land control, revenue extraction, and productive activities in premodern India. With the transition to colonial rule, new demands were made of those who measured and…
What stand should one take between the campaign for decolonisation of the Indian mind and that giving pre-eminence to English? We ought to develop a universalism that is attentive to local cultures…
Deletions in the NCERT introductory textbook for history indicate that the slightest allusion to respect for social and cultural differences as an ideal is considered irrelevant.
What value are exams such as the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for assessing students? Can we imagine a more equitable and just method for admitting students to institutes of higher…
