-Azim Premji University 2019-20 Modern India has a history of a vibrant and active social sector. Many local development organisations, community organizations, social movements and non-governmental organisations populate the space of social action. Such organisations imagine a different future and plan and implement social interventions at different scales, many of which have lasting impact on the lives of people and society. However, their efforts and, more importantly, the learning from these...

-The Hindu ‘Allocation to job-intensive sectors cut’ “Every single number in the Budget is a lie,” Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), said in Mumbai on Sunday of the Union Budget. India’s current slowdown is worse than that of 1991 and 2008, and the Budget has cut allocations to all employment-intensive sectors, further adding to the mess, said Ms. Ghosh, one of the world’s leading development economists. “All the...

-TheNewsMinute.com 25-year-old G Anandhi has received praise from the Governor for her journey to academic excellence. On Tuesday, as 25-year-old G Anandhi stood on a dias beside Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, with 18 medals for academic excellence and a degree from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, she became an inspiration for many. The daughter of a lorry driver from the foothills of Kollimalai in Namakkal district, the young...

-Outlook India/ PTI Students say some of them have to leave the course midway because of the 'unaffordable' fees. Students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication on Tuesday agitated against the "unaffordable" fee structure, as the resistance against high cost of education spread from  Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to its neighbouring journalism school. The students have said that the administration has turned a "blind eye" to their issues. Please click here to read more....

-The Hindu Education is a right, not a privilege reserved for the select elite Even though Jawaharlal Nehru University, where I teach, is in turmoil because of an incompetent administration incapable of communicating with the students and teachers, the larger crisis confronting the idea of a public university needs to be understood. From Jamia Millia Islamia to Jadavpur University, from Visva-Bharati University to Aligarh Muslim University, and from the University of Hyderabad...