Great Universities: JNU - India's Most Political Campus and Why That Matters
Set up by Parliament in 1969, JNU was designed as a research-focused university and became a national political flashpoint. Its achievements and distortions.
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Higher Education
Great Universities: IIT Bombay - How One Campus Produces Half of India's Tech CEOs
IIT Bombay, founded in 1958, ranks among the top 50 engineering schools. How the JEE's under 2 percent acceptance rate and coaching culture shape its story.
Nalanda: The University the World Forgot That Once Taught It Everything
Nalanda was ancient India's largest university, drawing about 10,000 students from across Asia before Bakhtiyar Khilji's forces destroyed it in 1193 CE.
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India's Campus Equity Rules: Protection or Policing?
The UGC equity rules 2026 mandate every Indian college to form Equity Committees with SC/ST/OBC/women/disabled representation. Supporters call it overdue justice. Critics call it bureaucratic overreach. Here is what students, faculty, and the data actually say about caste discrimination on Indian campuses.