Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Bengaluru-based trustIPSMF funds some media organisations known for investigative stories that question the governments of the day

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, whose resignation from Ashoka University last week reignited a discussion on the consequences of criticising the ruling BJP, wroteto protesting students, praising them for their "bracing moral clarity and deep political wisdom"

The university in Haryana's Sonipat became the centre of a controversy earlier this week, when Pratap Bhanu Mehta chose to step down as professor, saying that the founders made it "abundantly clear" that his association with the institution was a "political liability".

Ashoka University, Sonepat, has admitted that there have been "lapses in institutional processes" surrounding the exits, last week, of two top academics citing free-speech curbs. The privately-funded liberal arts institution has said it will "work to rectify" these slips "in consultation with all stakeholders". Acknowledging their eminence, a joint...

Students of Ashoka University have announced a two-day boycott of classes from Monday in protest against some recent developments at the institution, including the resignations of faculty members Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian.

Around 150 renowned intellectuals from the world's best known centres of academic excellence have written an open letter to the trustees, administrators, and faculty of Ashoka University, Sonepat, expressing solidarity with Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta who recently quit the institution citing Founders' insecurities over his criticism of the governm...

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is the latest among a host of global academics to voice their distress over the exit of two renowned intellectuals, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam, from Ashoka University earlier this week citing alleged curbs on free speech. "Free speech is the soul of a great university. By compromis...

Eminent economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as a professor from Ashoka University, two days after noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit from the institution.

Academic and political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta whose resignation from Ashoka University this week reignited a discussion on the consequences of criticising the BJP-led government at the centre had written in his letter to the university authorities about the "risks" of his writings.

Eminent economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as professor from Ashoka University, two days after noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit from the institution.

Nearly two years since a woman first filed a sexual harassment complaint against a faculty member at the Ashoka University in Sonipat, action is yet to be taken up against him.

Office and institution are only as good as the people who occupy them, and they do not inherit respect; they must constantly earn it. Vigilance and straight talk will make us a better country.

Ashoka University today announced the appointment of public intellectual Pratap Bhanu Mehta as its Vice Chancellor with effect from July 1, 2017.

Shakti Sinha, private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is likely to be appointed as director of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library soon amid speculation that the selection process could be started afresh as dissenting voices were raised on his shortlisting.

The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...

Bengaluru-based trustIPSMF funds some media organisations known for investigative stories that question the governments of the day

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, whose resignation from Ashoka University last week reignited a discussion on the consequences of criticising the ruling BJP, wroteto protesting students, praising them for their "bracing moral clarity and deep political wisdom"

The university in Haryana's Sonipat became the centre of a controversy earlier this week, when Pratap Bhanu Mehta chose to step down as professor, saying that the founders made it "abundantly clear" that his association with the institution was a "political liability".

Ashoka University, Sonepat, has admitted that there have been "lapses in institutional processes" surrounding the exits, last week, of two top academics citing free-speech curbs. The privately-funded liberal arts institution has said it will "work to rectify" these slips "in consultation with all stakeholders". Acknowledging their eminence, a joint...

Students of Ashoka University have announced a two-day boycott of classes from Monday in protest against some recent developments at the institution, including the resignations of faculty members Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian.

Around 150 renowned intellectuals from the world's best known centres of academic excellence have written an open letter to the trustees, administrators, and faculty of Ashoka University, Sonepat, expressing solidarity with Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta who recently quit the institution citing Founders' insecurities over his criticism of the governm...

Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is the latest among a host of global academics to voice their distress over the exit of two renowned intellectuals, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramaniam, from Ashoka University earlier this week citing alleged curbs on free speech. "Free speech is the soul of a great university. By compromis...

Eminent economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as a professor from Ashoka University, two days after noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit from the institution.

Academic and political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta whose resignation from Ashoka University this week reignited a discussion on the consequences of criticising the BJP-led government at the centre had written in his letter to the university authorities about the "risks" of his writings.

Eminent economist Arvind Subramanian has resigned as professor from Ashoka University, two days after noted political commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta's exit from the institution.

Nearly two years since a woman first filed a sexual harassment complaint against a faculty member at the Ashoka University in Sonipat, action is yet to be taken up against him.

Office and institution are only as good as the people who occupy them, and they do not inherit respect; they must constantly earn it. Vigilance and straight talk will make us a better country.

Ashoka University today announced the appointment of public intellectual Pratap Bhanu Mehta as its Vice Chancellor with effect from July 1, 2017.

Shakti Sinha, private secretary to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is likely to be appointed as director of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library soon amid speculation that the selection process could be started afresh as dissenting voices were raised on his shortlisting.

The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...