Overview
Preface -- Introduction -- Some thoughts on university education / Romila Thapar -- On the political economy of educational 'reforms' / Prabhat Patnaik -- Beyond instrumentality: restoring the spirit of higher education / Avijit Pathak -- The idea of a university and Its leader: a gadamerian perspective / Binod Kumar Agarwala -- The challenges that a university confronts in India today / D.V. Kumar -- "UGC and JNU " : a tale of exceptions told in two acts / Ayesha Kidwai -- Higher education and the social sciences in a 'smart India' / Maitrayee Chaudhuri -- The spring of 2016 and the idea of JNU / Rajat Datta -- The idea of university in a princely state : reflections on the century old Osmania University / K. Srinivasulu -- Nationalism in besieged spaces / Sajal Nag -- Universities as gendered institutions / Vijaylakshmi Brara -- Social contract of public university: equality, social justice and democracy / V. Bijukumar.
- | Author: D. V. Kumar
- | Publisher: Routledge India
- | Publication Date: Sep 25, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 200 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1032043393
- | ISBN-13: 9781032043395
