7 Of India’s Biggest Colleges Have Taken A Positive Stand Against Sexual...
With the #MeToo movement taking India in its stride, not even our educational institutes have been spared, as students and alumni have come forward and spoken out about their experiences of sexual...
View ArticleHome Science: The Specialised Undergrad Course at DU That’s A Gem Hidden In...
The conventionally popular courses of English, Mathematics, Economics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Fashion Technology, Political Science, BCom, etc. have ruled the charts in many universities,...
View ArticleAt St Xavier’s Mumbai, Space For Expression Is Shrinking And Still No...
Let us take a look at the curious case of our average Mumbai-based student. Here we have what is possibly a young adult, recently liberated from an oppressive secondary education system, yearning to...
View ArticleAs Long As Reservation Is Poorly Enforced, Equality In Indian Education Will...
Reservation policies in India for historically disadvantaged sections have always needed political attention, it is now high time for concerned authorities to address the problematic mindset that has...
View ArticleResearch Papers, Moot Courts And Mental Health: 7 Ways To Ace Law School
A common vision of studying law is best represented by memes and jokes that talk about how law students study the most, then earn the most but eventually don’t have time to make use of the money. Four...
View ArticleDinner By 10 PM, The Need For Local Guardians: Jamia Provost Shares Reasons...
During the recent hostel admission interviews in Jamia Millia Islamia, students complained of being harassed and targeted for being dissenting voices of the anti-curfew protests last year. They also...
View ArticleAs Punishment For Protesting, BHU Debars Students From Continuing Their Studies
Recently, 11 students from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have been prohibited from taking up any courses in the future within the University. The step was the result of these students participating in...
View ArticleWill An Exit Exam Help The 18.6 Million Unemployed Graduates In India?
Recently, in a report by the New Indian Express, there was news about the possibility of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) being made a compulsory ‘exit exam.’ If enforced, students pursuing...
View ArticleHow LSR’s Project Auric Is Facilitating Long-Term Change In A Small Haryana...
By: Maanasee Sharma and Tarini Gandhiok It was 2015, and Mangar – a small village in Haryana, was on the edge of destitution. It’s occupants, over 2000 people were riddled with low income and major...
View ArticleCaught In A Clash Between Centre And State, SC/ST Students’ Education...
As the Centre and State continue to play the blame game, it is the students who suffer yet again. Just last week, Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering in Mamandur, Chennai, prohibited its students...
View ArticleWhat Is It Like To Be Part Of A ‘Cultural’ Society In A ‘Technical’ College?
The term ‘extra-curricular’ is not quite popular in the Indian education system and has always faced ignorance. If it hadn’t, half of us wouldn’t be pursuing the careers we are today. Instances of our...
View Article5 Must-Watch Movies For Every Student Looking For Inspiration
Movies are often our go-to for entertainment and a getaway from our mundane lives, especially for students. Given the challenging situations and roles our student lives throw upon us, we sometimes...
View ArticleI Joined Engineering As A Passionate Student, But Here’s How I Was Let Down
Wikipedia defines education as “the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.” The Indian education system limits the definition of...
View ArticleIP College’s Enactus Team Is On A Mission To Reinvent The Utility Of Cow...
The Indian economy has undergone remarkable progress in its post-colonial decades. The industrial sector has been a crucial agent as well as recipient of this tremendous growth. However, in spite of...
View Article“वीसी साहब! जेएनयू को बर्बाद करने की आपकी कोशिश कभी कामयाब नहीं होगी”
आदरणीय वी.सी. साहब, उम्मीद है जेएनयू प्रशासनिक भवन के एसी चैम्बर में बैठकर आपको बहुत खुशी महसूस हो रही होगी। हाँ, ठीक भी है क्योंकि यह तो वही विश्वविद्यालय है न जिसे देखकर हमेशा आपके मन में टीस उठती...
View ArticleAre Suicides, Sexism And No Space For Dissent A Norm At VIT Vellore?
The time following September this year has been rather ironic and paradoxical for the students of VIT, Vellore. Mainly for two reasons – a convocation address by the Hon’ble Defence Minister, Dr....
View Article5 Brutal Budget Cuts Modi Govt. Made That’s Hit Students From Marginalised...
Following the education cuts made by the current government in the financial budget presented in September 2016, there was heavy scrutiny by the opposition as well as the populace. An official at the...
View ArticleInstead Of Helping A Survivor Of Harassment, I Watched SRM Institute Save Its...
Trigger Warning: Sexual Harassment, Victim Blaming With recent events of men masturbating at women in open public areas without fear, men’s libido seems to be an open secret. On November 22, at SRM...
View ArticleSRM Uni. Students Protest In Hundreds Against Admin’s Inaction On Sexual...
As per news reports, as many as thousand students of SRM University located in the outskirts of Chennai came out in protest against the alleged inaction of the college authorities in a case of...
View ArticleTM Krishna’s SPIC MACAY Concert ‘Postponed’ After Trolling, Delhi Students...
Controversy continues to pursue TM Krishna, a proponent of Carnatic music and often referred to as an experimental classicist, with unbridled rigour. In the most recent bout, he was scheduled to...
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