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  1. RTI: Several states flagged high EVM failure rate to EC ahead of 2019 LS polls

    During the last Parliamentary elections, instances of EVMs breaking down during the polling process led to political uproar.

    #EVMs #VVPAT #2019elections #BEL #EVMFailures #elections2024 #UnionGovt #india

    indianexpress.com/article/indi

  2. India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel

    The abrupt resignation of an economics professor from a prestigious private university has highlighted concerns about academic freedom in India. The country will never be a “vishwaguru” (teacher to the world), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi often boasts, unless the government stops silencing dissenting voices.

    project-syndicate.org/commenta

    #universities #education #AcademicFreedom #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #research #BJP #hindutva #india

  3. Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper

    IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.

    #AshokaUniversity #IntelligenceBureau #SabyasachiDas #BJP #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #democracy #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #research #hindutva #india

    thewire.in/education/intellige

  4. 320 economists from 91 institutions extend support to Prof Das, demand his reinstatement

    As many as 320 economists from 91 institutions across the country have extended their support to Prof Sabyasachi Das, whose paper suggesting voter manipulation in the 2019 elections sparked a controversy.

    #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #BJP #AcademicFreedom #censorship #hindutva #academia #education #india

    thenewsminute.com/article/320-

  5. Ashoka University Departments Unite in Support of Former Professor Amid Academic Freedom Debate

    The departments of sociology and anthropology, English, creative writing, political science, philosophy, psychology, and media studies have all voiced their concerns over the university's handling of academic freedom.

    #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #research #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #BJP #AcademicFreedom #censorship #dissent #academia #education #hindutva #india

    newsclick.in/ashoka-university

  6. Economics Dept Says Ashoka Governing Body ‘Interference’ Forcing Scholars to ‘Operate in Environment of Fear’

    Department wants Sabyasachi Das reappointed, sets deadline of August 23; English and Creative Writing Departments also release a statement in solidarity with the economics department, stipulating the same demands.

    #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #research #2019elections #ElectoralFraud #dissent #academia #education #BJP #universities #democracy #UnionGovt #india

    thewire.in/education/econ-dept

  7. What the Ashoka University Professor's Paper on BJP 'Manipulation' in 2019 Election Actually Says

    Ashoka University has sought to distance itself from the paper, 'Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy', authored by Sabyasachi Das, assistant professor of economics, inviting charges of undermining academic freedom.

    #SabyasachiDas #AshokaUniversity #BJP #ElectionManipulation #2019elections #democracy #AcedemicFreedom #dissent #research #education #academia #hindutva #india

    thewire.in/politics/ashoka-uni