Sukanta Chaudhuri

The writer is Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Jadavpur University

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Until we expand our thinking to embrace this inclusive vision, the best-intentioned schemes for academic ghar wapsi will not last to any purpose beyond the opening fanfare. (Illustration: Komal)

For academic ghar wapsi that endures, India must first fix basics at homeSubscriber Only

December 01,2025 10:23:27 AM

The depressing truth is that India has never invested thought, money or energy to do justice to the human resource pool of a populous post-colonial nation

Mon, Dec 01, 2025

Digital learning is an immense boon. But the computer is not a magic wand. Some types of material and pedagogic practice lend themselves to digitisation, others do not. (Express File Photo)

Why there can’t be a classroom at a clickSubscriber Only

February 06,2024 07:45:25 AM

Digital learning is an immense boon. But the computer is not a magic wand.

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

Why higher education must be free of the profit motiveSubscriber Only

July 08,2023 07:00:52 AM

Knowledge centres call for rigorous standards of productivity and accountability. But they do not operate by hire and fire, stick and carrot, supply and demand tactics of a consumerist market

Sat, Jul 08, 2023

UGC proposal for foreign universities in India: Three tiers of a crisisSubscriber Only

January 24,2023 07:01:43 AM

Public universities are in crisis and private universities out of reach for most. Entry of foreign universities will exacerbate inequalities.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023

What ails Indian higher education: Government’s licence-permit rajSubscriber Only

September 22,2022 21:05:16 PM

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: The licence-permit raj has not fled the land but migrated to academia. Add to this the restrictions on free speech and writing (in the IITs, anything causing 'embarrassment' vis-à-vis the government). Only the demented would expect freedom of teaching, research and publication in this degrading milieu

Mon, Sep 26, 2022

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: Education plan for disbanded Agniveers is alarmingly vagueSubscriber Only

June 21,2022 18:35:02 PM

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: Agnipath risks becoming little more than a handout. This would be a poor tribute to the Agniveers’ abilities and motivation, and poor provision for their future

Wed, Jun 22, 2022

The post-pandemic crisis in schooling and higher education portends a grim future for India’s students, especially the poorSubscriber Only

March 03,2022 04:00:36 AM

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: Far from addressing the situation, the NEP has been effectively sidelined.

Fri, Mar 04, 2022

The burden of NEET, JEESubscriber Only

September 24,2021 03:50:35 AM

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: We're inducing dreams in young people without providing means to fulfil them — often with grave consequences

Sat, Sep 25, 2021

How much can a four-year-old really learn from a smartphone?Subscriber Only

June 30,2021 03:00:33 AM

Sukanta Chaudhuri writes: For children in primary school, ‘digital education’ does not work. Their learning deficit must be urgently addressed to ensure literacy goals are not set back by a generation

Wed, Jun 30, 2021

No reason for IIT to jump the vaccination queueSubscriber Only

May 22,2021 03:35:35 AM

The pandemic has deepened the endemic divisions of our society. Let us not fragment it further by fostering countless subgroups, each pressing its own claim

Sat, May 22, 2021