As student, Sachidanand Sinha benefitted from JNU’s deprivation points system. As faculty, he crunched data for it. He explains its origins, working and what will be lost if it’s gone
TN will also undertake studies on transgender participation in higher education and the state of distance learning programmes while introducing new courses to polytechnics

Rishikesh Kumar was struggling without hostel accommodation and a research project, allege students. Ranked 40 in IIT JAM, Kumar was pursuing MSc Physics at IIT Delhi
CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka on 1,500 audits in ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign, his standoff with Rajasthan minister Madan Dilawar, police brutality on volunteers, BCI-NALSAR row