Changes in higher education policies have been materialising silently and consistently missing the headlines. Students have been protesting against these changes for a long time and raising serious questions on fund cuts in research. One such protest was held on January 30, where students from JNU, DU and Jamia held a protest at the UGC against the newly introduced NET eligibility criteria for applying to the Maulana Azad National Fellowship.
First published in Newsclick.