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Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Topic: Academia

Menial chores to sexual harassment—PhD scholars trapped in toxic relationship with guides

Her guide sent her 'lewd' videos, a co-author was added to her thesis and IISER-Pune's PoSH committee dismissed her allegations, saying he crossed ethical, not sexual boundaries.

From alumnus to 1st woman to lead an IIT — all about IIT-M’s Zanzibar campus head Preeti Aghalayam

Aghalayam, who taught at IIT-Madras for 25 years, has been appointed director in-charge of its Zanzibar-Tanzania campus as well as dean of its School of Science and Engineering.

83 Bangladeshi academics write to Delhi’s SAU, demand reinstatement of suspended professors

Letter to the SAARC university says 'such despotic practices can only breed in non-democratic environment'. The professors, suspended in June, were accused of inciting student protests.

There’s a big gap between higher education and jobs. Here’s an alternative learning model

Classical higher education has many attributes that must be preserved. But academic leadership needs to come up with some answers first.

DU prof Shivling case shows why academic freedom can’t be cover for distasteful remarks

Free speech in a democracy comes with responsibility. It certainly does not cover wounding the faith of any community, that too by a professor.

Without grants for research, India cannot become Modi’s vision of ‘Vishwa Guru’

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

No one is asking the right questions about Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s ouster from Ashoka University

We pick soft targets, we discuss inanities, but do not talk about the elephant in the room when it comes to Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation.

Women less likely to criticise men’s research in academic journals

We conducted a study using author information from all comment letters published over 16 years in PNAS and Science, two of the world’s most high-impact and widely read scientific journals.

One look at Allahabad University will tell you how inbreeding is ruining India’s academics

Panjab University, MS University of Baroda, Aligarh Muslim University all showed great potential in the 1960s. Then they started recruiting more of their own.

JSTOR’s paywall is still alive, but it’s trying to score brownie points during a pandemic

To show solidarity during the coronavirus crisis, JSTOR has announced free access to over 6,000 books and 150 journals. Great news, right? Except it’s not.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.