Interview with Saikat Majumdar
Ashoka University professor and novelist discusses academic life in the US and India, as well as his next novel, which explores ‘the ethics of education’
Ashoka University professor and novelist discusses academic life in the US and India, as well as his next novel, which explores ‘the ethics of education’
Latest salvo sees Keralan state government challenge national president in the Supreme Court over vice-chancellor appointments
Attacks by the likes of Donald Trump and Narendra Modi on how the humanities are taught speak to the enduring political power of these subjects despite their precarity within the academy, says Saikat...
Pressure on academics to be internationally mobile is greater than ever, but the excitement of the new is often offset by strains on personal life. As the festive family reunion season gets into full...
Regulatory agency warns students over 20 non-accredited institutions, amid soaring demand for higher education
The historical disconnect between teaching and research makes it easy to restrict expression without provoking much outrage, says Saikat Majumdar
Government steps up scrutiny of university over BJP-critical paper while academics urge Ashoka to reinstate its author
Limits on free speech, funding cuts and political appointments at public universities risk squandering a golden opportunity to create a thriving higher education system, says Saikat Majumdar
A lack of financial incentives, on top of academic freedom concerns, is likely to put off many overseas institutions, says Saikat Majumdar
Even as institutions offering mediocre engineering qualifications go out of business, private providers are expanding into the digital space
An internalised, colonial-era emphasis on exam grades is preventing students from deeper learning, forum hears
As the Indian and the US examples both show, openness and flexibility is easily limited by parochialism and provincialism, says Saikat Majumdar
Caste-focused policies spark disagreement on ‘difficult to pin down’ problem
Covid wave has revealed a deadly lack of welfare and job security
Saikat Majumdar surveys developments from the Gulf to South Korea in light of the closure of Yale-NUS College