Lack of Academic Liberty says Amarthya Sen

Updated on: Friday, February 27, 2015

Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate stepped down from his position as Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University without accepting the second term. He said that lack of academic freedom prevails in Modi Government.

The famous economist Amartya Sen pointed out, Academic freedom is based on the Government Understanding the limits its formal power as opposed to its actual power and which they are expected to do. They are expected to listen to the voice of the professoriate and the voice of people in the university.

He commented about the interference of Human Resource Development ministry in Universities and in bodies like the Indian Council of Historic Research.

He suspects a clear threatening to Academic Freedom in the present rule.

He said in an interview to 'The Times of India' that "Government must understand that winning a Lok Sabha election does not give you permission to undermine the autonomy of academic institutions or for that matter, the courts or the upper house of the parliament. He said that universities don't have like power of courts or the upper house so they are easy prey. You can go through the like a scored through better."

Lack of Academic Liberty says Amarthya Sen

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