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Former UGC chairman says move on final-year exams unfortunate, online mode will be biased

In a letter to the UGC chairman Dhirendra Pal Singh, former chairman Sukhadeo Thorat reiterates demands by students across the country to cancel final year exams.

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.

Something’s wrong with how university VCs are picked. Exam delay debate is one fallout

The traditional insistence on completing the syllabus instead of pruning it will only be a drag on an already-delayed academic calendar due to Covid.

Students mustn’t protest? Universities were world spaces till Germany brought in nationalism

Every time campuses such as JNU and Jamia erupt into protests, students are told to study not agitate. But can world ideas be fitted into a nationalist framework?

JNU protest over fee hike reminds me of how St. Stephen’s students called a strike & won

India’s public universities must ask why Ratan Tata, Indra Nooyi and Narayan Murthy find value in donating to Ivy League universities and not to ours.

How China makes it possible for a German to study ancient Indian math in its university

China has wisely and energetically created new universities with a high standard of faculty recruitment at a global level in the past three decades of economic growth.

Universities — where you not only learn, but could also develop mental disorders

Despite all evidence which shows the importance of working together and cooperation, many people still believe that competition is the most efficient way to organise society.

Higher education isn’t a guarantee for positive employment outcomes

There isn't enough evidence to suggest that superior employment outcomes are a result of skills and knowledge students acquire in higher education.

These universities are less than a decade old but are facing a severe shortage of teachers

Central University of Orissa is running with just 17 per cent of permanent faculty, those in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka have more than 60 per cent vacancies.

Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Indra Nooyi in shortlist to pick India’s top 20 universities

Five names from a list of 36 will select the ‘Institutes of Eminence’. 100 institutes have applied for the coveted status expected to be conferred this summer.

On Camera

The Press is not artillery — neither for the ruling party nor the Opposition: Sachin Sen

The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.