The academic council of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, met on Tuesday to evaluate the ISI bill. This diminishes the role of the academic council,” an academic council member said. “In the existing structure, the academic council recommends courses which the council, the apex administrative decision-making body, usually endorses. But the board now smacks of a top-down approach, which goes against the notion of autonomy,” the academic council member said. Also Read Academic council to meet today over Modi government's controversial draft ISI billIn its resolution on Tuesday, sources stated that the academic council flagged the loopholes of the bill and asked the council to address them in its meeting on January 24.

Source: The Telegraph January 21, 2026 02:41 UTC