Niraja Gopal Jayal

Niraja Gopal Jayal
Niraja Gopal Jayal

Niraja Gopal Jayal is Avantha Chair and Professor of Politics at King’s College London.

The Question of Academic Freedom

Students when at the cusp of adulthood need to engage with a diversity of ideas. But longstanding structural constraints on university autonomy now have a new edge with state intervention that has a…
▶13-Nov-2023
Niraja Gopal Jayal

NEP 2020 on Higher Education

The National Education Policy 2020 does not address the structural problems in higher education today. It instead merely rejigs the existing edifice, creates new institutions & reimagines the…
▶03-Sep-2020
Niraja Gopal Jayal

Faith-based Citizenship

The Citizenship Amendment Bill and the pan-Indian National Register of Citizens mark a foundational shift in the Indian conception of citizenship, providing paths to citizenship for some and driving…
▶31-Oct-2019
Niraja Gopal Jayal