[INDOLOGY] Javadekar Restricts PhD topics in Indian Universities

[Nagaraj Paturi]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-controversy-behind-government-new-phd-guideline-5640542/lite/

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 2:13 PM Audrey Truschke via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Those who follow news on higher education in India may be interested in
> Prakash Javadekar restricting PhD topics
> <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-slams-prakash-javadekar-for-restricting-phd-topics/articleshow/68552157.cms>
> to subjects in line with "national priorities." The new directive has
> prompted at least one Indian academic to resign
> <https://scroll.in/latest/917720/kerala-academic-quits-after-hrd-says-researchers-to-pursue-phd-only-on-topics-of-national-interest>
> already.
>
> Some of you may remembers Javadekar, who inaugurated the World Sanskrit
> Conference <https://wsc.ubcsanskrit.ca> last year in Vancouver.
>
> Audrey Truschke
> Assistant Professor
> Department of History
> Rutgers University-Newark
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