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TopicSantishree Dhulipudi Pandit

Topic: Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit

‘All women shudras according to Manusmriti’ — JNU V-C Pandit says caste discrimination ‘inhuman’

Speaking at the B.R. Ambedkar Lecture Series, the V-C said gods 'anthropologically don't come from the upper caste'. She also called Ambedkar a thinker who was ahead of his times.

Sita & Draupadi were first feminists, before world knew concept, says JNU V-C Pandit at DU event

Speaking at a three-day international seminar to mark Delhi University centenary, Santishree D. Pandit also said history needs to be ‘her’ story now.

My appointment unsettled ‘progressives’ who thought JNU was their bastion, says V-C Pandit

Prof. Santishree D. Pandit also said JNU is severely cash-strapped, for which she blamed her predecessors. She expressed hope that JNUSU polls will happen this year.

New JNU V-C’s statement slammed for poor language, BJP MP Varun Gandhi calls it ‘illiteracy’

Several prominent academics and personalities have criticised Pandit’s press statement Monday, in which she laid out the agenda before her, over grammatical errors.

On Camera

Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.