“Once the academic council is diluted, it will pave the way for the introduction of pseudoscience in the garb of research,” Majumder said. The institute also has an academic council, made up solely of teachers, that takes academic decisions. The council and academic council will be subservient to the board, which will decide everything from the courses offered to the director’s appointment. ISI teachers never opposed the Modi government as strongly as, say, Delhi University teachers did on issues ranging from academic freedom to funding. An email to ISI council chairperson Koppillil Radhakrishnan, seeking his reactions to the teachers’ concerns, remains unanswered.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2026 01:54 UTC