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.
#universities #education #AcademicFreedom #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #research #BJP #hindutva #india
#universities #education #academicfreedom #AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #electoralfraud #2019elections #research #BJP #hindutva #india
Universities – The BJP-RSS’s Killing Fields
What’s unfolding in Ashoka University reflects the ascendancy of a fascistic state. No country can be self-reliant if its universities are effectively destroyed and reduced to coaching centres.
https://www.newsclick.in/universities-bjp-rsss-killing-fields
#AshokaUniversity #universities #education #AcademicFreedom #RSS #BJP #HinduNationalism #hindutva #india
#AshokaUniversity #universities #education #academicfreedom #RSS #BJP #HinduNationalism #hindutva #india
Next was an interesting talk by Farzana Afridi on women, work, and the role of technology at #AshokaUniversity. Afridi presents a thorough examination of how women spend their time in agricultural households in India, and through observational and experimental data demonstrates gendered differences in new technology effects on labor allocation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNeAv-M7elk (6/7) #gender #work #India
#AshokaUniversity #gender #work #india
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.
#AshokaUniversity #IntelligenceBureau #SabyasachiDas #BJP #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #democracy #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #research #hindutva #india
#AshokaUniversity #intelligencebureau #sabyasachidas #BJP #electoralfraud #2019elections #democracy #academicfreedom #freespeech #research #hindutva #india
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.
#AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #BJP #AcademicFreedom #censorship #hindutva #academia #education #india
#AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #electoralfraud #2019elections #BJP #academicfreedom #censorship #hindutva #academia #education #india
Ashoka University faculty sets two conditions before carrying forward teaching obligations
The faculty also asked the management to desist from interfering in academic work.
#AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #PulapreBalakrishnan #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #BJP #research #academia #education #dissent #censorship #repression #hindutva #india
#AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #pulaprebalakrishnan #electoralfraud #2019elections #BJP #research #academia #education #dissent #censorship #repression #hindutva #india
"But a university with deep values, whose roots can withstand the winds of a hard, ideological politics, cannot be created merely by throwing money at land and hiring the “best” from around the world. That requires courage and a sense that an institution cannot bend, that every time someone “resigns” under pressure, your university comes one step closer to being just another shop in the market." #AshokaUniversity https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ashoka-university-and-the-hypocrisy-of-liberal-branding-8646715/
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.
#AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #research #2019elections #ElectoralFraud #dissent #academia #education #BJP #universities #democracy #UnionGovt #india
#AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #research #2019elections #electoralfraud #dissent #academia #education #BJP #universities #democracy #uniongovt #india
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.
#SabyasachiDas #AshokaUniversity #2019elections #ElectionManipulation #BJP #democracy #dissent #research #academia #muslims #hindutva #india
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RT @AshokaUniv@twitter.com
Ashoka University hosted Professor Ruth Harris, for the second lecture of the Inspire Lecture Series on 24th January, 2023. She delivered a lecture on "How did Vivekananda become a Guru in America?".
Watch the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-HlfQf4fTE
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AshokaUniv/status/1618254608400547840
turning turning ashoka is turning
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RT @somakrc
I’m honoured to have been appointed to lead the most exciting institution in liberal arts and sciences in India today. #AshokaUniversity https://twitter.com/ashokauniv/status/1590660913086230528
https://twitter.com/somakrc/status/1590711495088025602
Say what? I thought we used to call that colonisation
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RT @AshokaUniv
Collaboration, communication, problem solving and critical thinking are crucial for employability today. Read this eye-opening article by our founders Pramath Raj Sinha (@PramathSinha) and Ashish Dhawan (@AshishDhawanTCF) in The Economic Times.
#AshokaUniversity
https://twitter.com/AshokaUniv/status/1559429376340803584
RT @ranjona@twitter.com
What to do?
Their disingenuous support of the BJP, Narendra Modi: downright unconscionable.
Then they changed tack.
Now pay the price for being critical and/or part of an organization that encouraged critical thought.
But apparently not. #PBMehta #ASubramanian #AshokaUniversity
#AshokaUniversity #ASubramanian #PBMehta