Ayesha Kidwai

Ayesha Kidwai is a theoretical linguist and a translator, who was awarded the Infosys Prize in Humanities, 2013. She was the President of the JNU Teachers Association in 2017-18.

A protest march by college teachers organisations in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on July 5, 2018, against the proposed move by the Union government to dissolve the University Grants Commission. Photo: S. Mahinsha

The HECI Bill: Liquidating the State’s Stake in Higher Education

There is no denying that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has failed to discharge its obligations towards higher education. However, the Higher ...