Universities

NEP 2020 on Higher Education

The National Education Policy 2020 does not address the structural problems in higher education today. It instead merely rejigs the existing edifice, creates new institutions & reimagines the…
▶03-Sep-2020
Niraja Gopal Jayal

Academic Freedom In India

Academic freedom is about the right to study, teach and research a diversity of viewpoints. Yet, this right that is so crucial for the pursuit of knowledge has seen widespread attacks in colleges and…
▶27-Aug-2020
Nandini Sundar, Gowhar Fazili

The Closed Nature of Indian Universities

Inbreeding and nepotism have for long been features of universities. The favoured students go from being postgraduates to doctorates and then become lecturers, all within the same university. This…
▶30-Oct-2019
M. A. Kalam

Structural Violence of Casteism

In West Bengal, the symbolic violence of caste is more intense than physical violence. A university teacher describes the everyday exclusionary experiences of adivasis in education spaces and the…
▶26-Sep-2019
Maroona Murmu