Tag: University of Hyderabad

Academic euphoria

An additional reason for the academic euphoria must be that two colleges of West Bengal ~ Kolkata’s St Xavier’s College and Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara ~ have made it to India’s top ten under-graduate colleges.

April 11, 2019

JNU, AMU among 62 higher educational institutions granted full autonomy by UGC

Various universities, including the Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Hyderabad, BHU, AMU and TERI, were given full autonomy on Tuesday by the University Grants Commission (UGC) after maintaining high standards of excellence. With the approval of autonomy, the universities may now start new courses, plan their own syllabi and collaborate with foreign institutions. The decision …

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March 21, 2018

Free expression in universities under threat: Manmohan Singh

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said independent thinking and free expression at Indian universities were under "threat" in the wake of unrests at the University of Hyderabad (HCU) and Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He stressed that attempts to suppress peaceful dissent is undemocratic. "I believe every university must give the freedom to …

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January 20, 2017