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India’s Higher Education Boom: More Seats, Bigger Gaps

New AISHE data by the Press Information Bureau show record growth in universities, enrolment and gender parity over the past decade — but faculty representation, caste and tribal proportionality, and disability access have not kept pace. India's higher education system expanded faster in the decade to 2023-24 than in almost any comparable period since independence, …

Ashoka University Condemns Casteist Slogans by Students, Pledges Action Amid National Backlash

Ashoka University has vowed to act after videos emerged showing students chanting casteist slogans on campus. The clips prompted a fierce debate about freedom of expression, respect, and discrimination at one of India’s leading private universities. The video shows groups of students shouting phrases such as “We need a caste census” and “Brahmin-Baniyawaad Murdabad” in …

From Culture to Code: How States Are Redefining Education in India

Change is moving through India's schooling system. New steps taken in Uttar Pradesh, then Delhi, and now Rajasthan, each one pointing ahead, not back. Preparing young minds isn’t just about books anymore; it’s tied to identity, balance, because work lives shift. These places began differently, yet their paths lean the same way. Learning no longer …

KIIT-DU MoU with Air Force sets a much needed precedent

(Vice Marshal Harjit S. Sidana, VSM, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education) and Prof. Saranjit Singh, the Vice Chancellor of KIIT-DU (right to left) | Photo Credit: kiit.ac.in Clear Cut Education DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 02, 2025 03:39 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik KIIT-DU (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology-Deemed to be University), based in Bhubaneswar, …

IIT Roorkee: Driving innovation, research, and global collaborations

Photo Credit: Internet Clear Cut Education DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Aug 18, 2025 11:38 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee is not just a premier engineering hub, it’s a thriving ecosystem of innovation, research, and international cooperation. 1. Startup and Incubation Leadership With two incubators - TIDES and iHUB Divyasampark (TIH), and …