Debaditya Bhattacharya teaches literature at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Two of his edited anthologies on critical university studies include The Idea of the University: Histories and Contexts and The University Unthought: Notes for a Future. He has also co-edited a volume titled Sentiment, Politics, Censorship: The State of Hurt.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: What is the ‘Indian’ University?

PART ONE: Stories of a Making

Chapter One
The Great Ancient Indian Universities: History or Myth?

Chapter Two
The Long Nineteenth Century: Caste and Collegiate Life in Colonial India

Chapter Three
Pre-Independence Youth Movements (1905–47): The Force of Religion and the Making of a Nationalist Student Subject

PART TWO: Histories of a Re-/Un-making

Chapter Four
Post-Independence University Planning (1947–86): The Ideology of Welfare

Chapter Five
Reaping Dividends on Discrimination: The Neoliberal ‘Turn’ to the Market (1986–2012)

Chapter Six
Towards NEP 2020: The Age of the Platform University?

Conclusion
The Return to ‘Publicness’: A History for the University’s Futures

Index