Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan

Eminent scientist and academician Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Wednesday denied that his team had come under any kind of pressure while drafting the new education policy, specifically over a three-language formula that many political parties claim is a means to forcibly impose Hindi on southern states.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

Protests over what appeared to be a move to impose Hindi teaching in schools everywhere, including southern states, started after the government put out a Draft National Education Policy 2019 and asked for feedback. The report, prepared by an expert panel led by Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has...

Hindi will not be thrust upon any state, the government said on Sunday, stepping up its damage control amid a controversy over the draft version of the National Education Policy 2019, which is seen by many in the southern states as an attempt to impose Hindi on school students.

The HRD ministry has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on a New Education Policy (NEP), sources said.

Eminent scientist and academician Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Wednesday denied that his team had come under any kind of pressure while drafting the new education policy, specifically over a three-language formula that many political parties claim is a means to forcibly impose Hindi on southern states.

The Hindi language issue flared up last week after a draft version of the National Education Policy (NEP), prepared by former ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, was criticised by southern states who claimed it forced Hindi on school students

Protests over what appeared to be a move to impose Hindi teaching in schools everywhere, including southern states, started after the government put out a Draft National Education Policy 2019 and asked for feedback. The report, prepared by an expert panel led by Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, former chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has...

Hindi will not be thrust upon any state, the government said on Sunday, stepping up its damage control amid a controversy over the draft version of the National Education Policy 2019, which is seen by many in the southern states as an attempt to impose Hindi on school students.

The HRD ministry has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on a New Education Policy (NEP), sources said.