Meenakshi Gopinath

The writer is Chair, Centre for Policy Research and principal emerita, Lady Shri Ram College.

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India@75, Looking@100: An education system that fosters fraternity and humilitySubscriber Only

January 18,2023 07:30:16 AM

India at 100 in my imagination will evolve from the certitudes of a Vishwaguru to the resilience of a ‘Shreshta Shishya’, with the humility of the eternal seeker, ever learning, ever flowing, malleable enough to put her own truths to stringent scrutiny

Wed, Jan 18, 2023

University cannot surrender its role as a site of dissent and questioningSubscriber Only

April 19,2021 03:01:26 AM

The depoliticised classroom is an oxymoron, more so as “critical thinking” increasingly becomes the accepted imprimatur of academic credentials.

Mon, Apr 19, 2021

Women farmers are at Delhi borders as equal stakeholders, demanding a voiceSubscriber Only

February 16,2021 03:05:22 AM

The “feminisation of agriculture” in the face of the agrarian crisis has, paradoxically, left women doubly even triply disadvantaged. Yet their concerns still remain largely unaddressed in policy.

Sat, Aug 13, 2022

Scrapping of ECA quota for Delhi University points to curtailment of diversity, shrinking canvas of learningSubscriber Only

July 22,2020 03:30:20 AM

Knowledge, experience and wisdom from diverse fields must permeate the everyday discourse, practice and rhythm of colleges and universities for the tokenism of quotas to be rendered redundant.

Wed, Jul 22, 2020

Covid-19 crisis brings opportunity to expand the autonomy of public universitiesSubscriber Only

June 10,2020 01:06:54 AM

This crisis offers the rare opportunity to re-envision and expand academic autonomy in the public university space, to wrest it out of the moribund and over-centralised structures, to push the envelope on spaces for creative enquiry and engagement.

Wed, Jun 10, 2020