The tension between the government and IIMs over the autonomy of the latter is unwarranted. IIMs are fine institutions and have earned their independence with great difficulty. They have a reputation to safeguard. One-year degrees are standard courses in many reputed global colleges. It’s UGC that needs to catch up
NRC affidavit in HC reeks of politics ahead of polls. Revisiting NRC will reopen more wounds
NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma’s affidavit in Gauhati High Court with 4,795 “ineligible” names, which he himself says isn’t final, smacks of politics ahead of assembly polls. The NRC list of 31 August 2019 was final, Supreme Court said. Revisiting it now will cause unnecessary chaos and reopen more wounds.