Higher Education
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Finding freedom, life lessons: How students remember a teacher
Samarveer Singh, an ad-hoc professor at Delhi University’s Hindu College died by suicide a year ago.
Apoorvanand
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Research assistant wanted: The outsourcing of intellectual labour reveals academia’s colonial roots
The trend of doctoral scholars and researchers in Western universities hiring poorly paid Indians for fieldwork reinforces gatekeeping in knowledge production.
Sreeparna Chattopadhyay
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UGC warns universities against offering MPhil admissions
The regulatory body for higher education reiterated that Master of Philosophy is no longer a recognised degree.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Lok Sabha polls: Two former judges, senior journalist invite PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi for public debate
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Delhi: Ambedkar University faculty allege ‘targeted harassment’ by administration
They said that the university has faced a ‘consistent downward trajectory’ in the past few years.
Scroll Staff
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When funding and status determine academic excellence, India’s intellectual resources go waste
A crony system that ranks a club of central institutes above all will spell the end of state government-run education and devalue other degrees.
Sukanta Chaudhuri
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What is ailing new IITs? Infrastructure delays, staff shortages, fewer projects, says audit report
They are financially dependent and fail to attract students who clear entrance examinations for engineering courses, shows the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com & Anwesha Ganguly, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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IITs, central universities filled only 30% of reserved faculty vacancies in a year, shows data
At the end of a year-long recruitment drive, 1,439 positions were identified for SCs, STs and OBCs but only 449 persons were recruited.
Scroll Staff
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Aligarh Muslim University to remove texts by two Islamic thinkers from arts syllabus
The decision was taken after 25 professors and activists said that one of the ideologues had called for total Islamisation of India.
Scroll Staff
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Only 375 of over 6,500 faculty positions filled in central universities, says education ministry
The ministry had directed all higher educational institutions in September to fill vacancies on a ‘mission mode’ within a year.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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UGC seeks report from Sharda University on exam question about similarity between Hindutva, fascism
The professor who prepared the question for the first-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) political science paper has been suspended and issued a show-cause notice.
Scroll Staff
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IIM-Rohtak head was appointed despite not being eligible, Centre tells HC: Report
The statement comes more than a month after the director, Dheeraj Sharma, completed his first term as the head of IIM-Rohtak.
Scroll Staff
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SC asks IIT Bombay to create seat for Dalit student who could not pay his fee on time
Prince Jaibir Singh encountered technical errors while making the payment online and reportedly did not get any help from the institute.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli stars as Bengaluru beat Punjab to stay in hunt for playoff spot
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav stars in fifth T20I as visitors sweep series
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Raheel, Dhami named in India’s 24-member men’s squad for Europe leg
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra beats world No 14 Nina Mittelham to enter quarter-finals