The future of Indian higher education may depend not on greater central control, but on creating autonomous institutions operating within a strong framework of accountability.
Pakistan’s absence is not without costs. Diplomatic exclusion is only one facet of the spectre that looms over the country: limited transit access, reduced prospects for integration into Bay-centric supply networks and weakened soft-power influences across the Indian Ocean littoral.
It has been formally recognised in the Report of the Advisory Committee on Women Pradhans, Transforming Women’s Representation and Role in Panchayati Raj Institutions: Efforts to Eliminate Proxy Participation, which recorded that elected women representatives are often “represented by their husbands or male relatives” and recommended the imposition of stringent and exemplary penalties to curb such practices.
When the university community itself has not succeeded in resolving many serious problems confronting higher education, on what moral basis should students simply be asked to remain silent and trust the system?
The recent budget presentation by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has special projects doled out to election going states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Assam. For Kerala, the budget has a massive outlay of Rs 65,000 crore for the development of the national highway 66 corridor, as well as the announcement of the second phase of the Kochi Metro and the development of the Kochi fishing harbour as a commercial hub
Living It Is, Indeed, An Art
A cold now seeps into my once- solid bones
In the last six years after Narendra Modi has taken over as Prime Minister of India, spectacular developments have taken place on various fronts
I am here – will I be there?
In matters of the heart
Have you heard the phrases, circadian rhythm and heliotropism? These phrases are the scientific terminologies to describe the behaviour of a sunflower on the farm
Last week as the Intra-Afghan peace talks were being held in Doha, Taliban leaders, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, suddenly decided to board a flight to Tehran
Destiny, O Destiny, unveil thyself
China and Turkey are going all out to consolidate Pakistan's defence arsenal even as the country's external debt continues to accumulate and the Imran Khan government finds itself on a sticky wicket yet again ahead of this month's plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog
Live life fully, live it well
Weather the storms for sunshine awaits you
India's main opposition Congress Party is currently in a sorry state and utterly confused over the issue of selecting a suitable leader who could match Prime Minister Narendra Modi and rejuvenate the party to bolster its electoral prospects in the upcoming assembly elections in five states later this year
The so-called farmers, by indulging in unprecedented violent acts in Delhi, have made India’s 'enemies' happy
No evil outside of that
