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Project Syndicate - India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel | by Milan Vaishnav - Project Syndicate

India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel

The abrupt resignation of an economics professor from a prestigious private university has highlighted concerns about academic freedom in India. The country will never be a “vishwaguru” (teacher to the world), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi often boasts, unless the government stops silencing dissenting voices.

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The Wire - Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper

Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper

IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.

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320 economists from 91 institutions extend support to Prof Das, demand his reinstatement

As many as 320 economists from 91 institutions across the country have extended their support to Prof Sabyasachi Das, whose paper suggesting voter manipulation in the 2019 elections sparked a controversy.

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Telegraph India - Ashoka University faculty sets two conditions before carrying forward teaching obligations

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Economics Dept Says Ashoka Governing Body ‘Interference’ Forcing Scholars to ‘Operate in Environment of Fear’

Department wants Sabyasachi Das reappointed, sets deadline of August 23; English and Creative Writing Departments also release a statement in solidarity with the economics department, stipulating the same demands.

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Ashoka University criticised for dissociating itself from professor’s paper on election manipulation

His research raised the possibility of manipulation in favour of the ruling BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

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