Tanaya

thinker of tender thoughts, culture curious anxious academic | econ phd @wsupullman

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

The type of robustness checks requested by reviewer 2

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Propensity score matching be like

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad ur turn :(

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

95 years of hard-earned autonomy. Now under the scanner, this time the ISI

The Indian Statistical Institute (founded 1931 by P.C. Mahalanobis) is not just another campus. It is one of India’s rare institutions that was built on scientific independence, not bureaucratic control. The ISI Act of 1959 recognised it as an Institution of National Importance while preserving its society-based, faculty-driven character.

The new Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 proposes to scrap that framework. It converts ISI into a statutory body corporate, replaces the representative Council with a government-appointed Board of Governors, and significantly curtails the role of the Academic Council. Faculty and the Institute’s own statutory bodies have publicly said this was done with zero meaningful consultation with them.

The government’s pitch is “modernisation” and alignment with IIT/IIM-style governance. Critics inside ISI argue the opposite: it concentrates power, reduces elected academic voice, and opens the door to external interference in academic decisions. They also note that the 4th Review Committee (Mashelkar) did not recommend repealing the 1959 Act or abolishing the Society structure.

This is not an abstract governance debate. Institutions that produce independent data, rigorous statistical research, and critical inquiry need structural insulation from short-term political or bureaucratic priorities. Once that insulation is thinned, it is hard to restore.
Academic freedom is not a slogan. It is the operating condition of any serious research institute. ISI faculty are right to raise the alarm.

Parliament should insist on genuine consultation with the Institute’s own bodies before rewriting a 95-year-old model that actually worked. Another Premier Institute being Saffronised and being brought under RSS Siege.

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad my turn!!!!

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad misrepresentation

[✮ راينر براون @dondawastaken]

Never forget that you are the main data center. Drink water, and consume as much literature as possible.

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad :’))))))

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad didn’t see u standing in a corner about it

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad collecting information 😼

[mitra @mitrajoy_]

not a jack of all trades but a hoe of all hobbies

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Must have been a rough tenure track.

[Tanaya @Tanaayaaa1]

@athjad rage bait post

[Mathieu @miniapeur]

TILF (thesis I’d like to finish)

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Previous scholars have argued that it is so over. In this paper, however, I posit that we are so back

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Always be sure to edit your writing long enough to hate absolutely everything about it

[alba @redbreezes]

Escribiendo tesis desde la casa se siente un poco así