The ISI Calcutta representatives on the ISI council have opposed a proposed Bill seeking to overhaul the institute’s governance structure, while representatives from some other ISI centres support the changes. The council, ISI’s highest administrative decision-making body, met on Saturday to discuss the contentious Bill proposed by the Narendra Modi government. Some representatives from the other ISI centres argued that the board of governors proposed in the bill could provide a leaner governance structure. A council member said they raised doubts about what actually transpired at that meeting. “It is in this context that they justified the creation of a board of governors, which would be a statutory body,” the council member said.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2026 23:26 UTC