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Modi govt has mounted biggest attack yet on academic freedom with its diktat on international webinars: Sudheendra Kulkarni

Ministry of Education circular: ‘Revised Guidelines for holding online/virtual Conferences, Seminars, Training, etc.’

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indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

all “central educational institutions, publicly-funded universities ” — this category will naturally include affiliated colleges — “and organisations owned and controlled by the Government of India / State Govt” will now have to get prior approval from the MEA +

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+ if they want to hold online international conferences or seminars on subjects related to “security of State, Border, Northeast states, UT of J&K, Ladakh or any other issues which are clearly/purely related to India’s internal matter/s”.

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they will require approval from the appropriate “administrative secretary for the event as well as for the list of participants”. They will also have to get prior permission from the MEA . the organisers will have to share the link with the MEA.

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central universities (54) , state universities (418), to which almost all the nearly 38,500 colleges are affiliated.

Sooner, this will also become applicable to private (370) and deemed (125) universities.

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