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Academic Governance

In Australia, debate continues about claims Indian High Commission interfered in academic institute

Sixteen fellows have resigned from the University of Melbourne’s Australia India Institute, citing concerns about academic freedom.

Gargee Chakravarty
· Apr 17, 2022 · 09:00 am
Video: New government rules make passports invalid as an address proof

One of those new rules also calls for an orange passport for unskilled labourers.

Neelima
· Jan 15, 2018 · 08:45 am
JNU asks students to end administrative block 'siege', accuses them of spreading misinformation

The university's management also reprimanded the Teacher's Association for taking the issue out of its campus instead of approaching them.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 22, 2017 · 11:41 am

Full text: Amartya Sen's letter on how the government got him to step down as Nalanda University chancellor

"The government can turn an academic issue into a matter of political dispensation if it feels unrestrained about interfering," says the winner of the Nobel prize for economics in a letter to the members of the governing board of Nalanda University.

Amartya Sen
· Feb 20, 2015 · 11:01 am