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Following the bizarre idea, earlier mooted by retired army officials, now taken up by the Vice Chancellor of JNU, to install a tank on university campus, ostensibly to instill nationalism in the university community, the JNUTA has issued the following statement: The JNUTA is amused by the JNU VC’s earnest desire that a tank be … Continue reading JNUTA Statement on JNU VC’s ‘Tank’ Talk

Guest post by PRATIKSHA BAXI The growing global mistrust and derision of the intellect and all that is the intellectual, is a political trd that displaces reason, method, contemplation, experiment, reflexivity and critique as valued traits in education. This politics colonises the University Grants Commission (UGC) in specific ways.