Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses....Read More
Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses.
Ritika joined The Indian Express in 2015. Previously, she was part of the political bureau at The Economic Times, India’s largest financial daily. Her journalism career began in Kolkata, her birthplace, with the Hindustan Times in 2006 as an intern, before moving to Delhi in 2007. Since then, she has been reporting from the capital on politics, education, social sectors, and the Election Commission of India.
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Speaking to The Sunday Express from Dresden, Lindenthal said he is still keen on finishing his...
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Our ministry is talking to both the teachers and the students. JNU is an important institution and...
Thu, Jan 16, 2020Jan 12, 2020 04:32 IST
An excellent teacher, or a bad administrator? A robotic stickler for rules, or a man with no...
Mon, Jan 13, 2020Jan 09, 2020 03:42 IST
V-C was told to accept Ministry formula or resign. Following the ultimatum on December 11, Kumar is...
Thu, Jan 09, 2020Jan 07, 2020 04:40 IST
The Ministry also advised the university not to “precipitate” the matter by pursuing police...
Tue, Jan 07, 2020Jan 05, 2020 04:45 IST
Sharma hit the headlines last month when he complained against a students' demonstration on campus,...
Sun, Jan 05, 2020Jan 02, 2020 03:21 IST
Hangloo was under the ministry’s scanner for alleged financial, academic and administrative...
Thu, Jan 02, 2020Jan 01, 2020 04:05 IST
Last week, the 20 IIMs requested the HRD Ministry to add them to the list of “Institutions of...
Wed, Jan 01, 2020Jan 01, 2020 03:38 IST
Tewari is a professor of Agriculture and Food Engineering at IIT-Kharagpur. He has been teaching at...
Wed, Jan 01, 2020Dec 27, 2019 03:14 IST
The IT Department has flagged “discrepancies” between the income tax returns of Novel Lavasa...
Fri, Dec 27, 2019Dec 27, 2019 00:59 IST
In a detailed response to questions shared by this newspaper, Shakuntala Lavasa, Ashok Lavasa’s...
Fri, Dec 27, 2019Dec 18, 2019 03:05 IST
JMI Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar met the higher education secretary Amit Khare Tuesday and handed...
Wed, Dec 18, 2019Dec 11, 2019 04:23 IST
The minutes state that the agenda item on reform of MTech programmes will be “further discussed...
Wed, Dec 11, 2019Dec 09, 2019 04:35 IST
The government is learned to have proposed a compromise formula to the university over the weekend....
Mon, Dec 09, 2019Dec 06, 2019 01:50 IST
The department-related standing committee on Home Affairs recorded the worst average attendance —...
Fri, Dec 06, 2019Dec 02, 2019 04:50 IST
On February 16, two days after the terror attack in Pulwama, Manzoor was arrested on charges of...
Tue, Dec 03, 2019Nov 28, 2019 03:29 IST
Ahmad was also chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities from 2014 to...
Thu, Nov 28, 2019Nov 26, 2019 04:22 IST
JNU is learned to have approached the higher education regulator Monday for more funds and the UGC...
Tue, Nov 26, 2019Nov 23, 2019 04:46 IST
The panel, set up by the HRD Ministry on November 16 to “recommend ways to restore normal...
Sat, Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019 04:31 IST
The HRD Ministry is learnt to have prepared a proposal this week, and a Cabinet note will be...
Sun, Nov 24, 2019Nov 21, 2019 01:11 IST
Currently, 18% of the 7,500 students at JNU receive Rs 2,000 per month as MCM scholarship....
Thu, Nov 21, 2019Nov 20, 2019 06:22 IST
A high-powered committee was set up by the HRD Ministry late Sunday to “recommend ways to restore...
Wed, Nov 20, 2019Nov 19, 2019 05:46 IST
The ministry set up a three-member committee, comprising former UGC chairman V S Chauhan, AICTE...
Tue, Nov 19, 2019Nov 17, 2019 04:55 IST
The HRD Ministry is supposed to give Rs 1,000 crore, over five years, to each of the public...
Thu, Nov 21, 2019Nov 15, 2019 03:21 IST
Contrary to common perception, JNU’s old hostel fee structure was not the lowest among the...
Fri, Nov 15, 2019