Akila Ranganathan

MSc International Social and Public Policy - London School of Economics | BA (Hons) Sociology and Anthropology - Ashoka University

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

Very proud to have contributed to the series with this paper on Transfers of higher civil service officers in India!

[Centre for Policy Research @CPR_India]

The working paper on #CivilServices Transfers provides an overview of the discourse on transfers which are associated with effectiveness of administration, insulation of officials from interference and how reform recommendations address this issue #CivilServiceReform 7/8

[Centre for Policy Research @CPR_India]

#Thread
The State Capacity Initiative at CPR has developed a working paper series that analyses the principles & debates of the rich discourse on #AdministrativeReform in #CivilServices https://t.co/CK6mi1aOK6
@K_Rahul_Sharma @SonakshiShar96 @adityaunni @archana_siv @Akila_Rang

[Swati K. @mynameswatik]

What is stopping @PMOIndia and all State Governments from providing PPE kits to all people working in cremation/burial grounds?
The people working there are from marginalized communities and are most vulnerable to Corona virus.

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

#DELHI #ICUBeds need personally verified leads for an ICU bed anywhere in Delhi. Patient is 57 years and #critical. Currently located in Narela. #DelhiCovid #CovidSOS

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

#SOSIYC @dilipkpandey need personally verified leads for an ICU bed anywhere in Delhi. Patient is 57 years and critical. Currently located in Narela.

[Anubhav Singh @lucifer_damned]

If the resignation of PBM is a warning sign for academia in India then what was the arrest of Anand Teltumbde ? UC liberal forced to resign are warning signs but Dalit academics ka toh chalta hai.

[Mojo Story @themojostory]

Students of #AshokaUniversity staging a protest against the University's administration over the resignation of Prof #PratapBhanuMehta & Prof #ArvindSubramanian. Students were seen with placards with "Break the silence, it's time to grow a spine" written on it.

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

Please sign. #NotMyAshoka #AshokansForAcademicFreedom #AshokaWithPBM

[Ashoka University Student Government @ashokaunisg]

The @ashokaunisg, the Alumni Council and members of the Ashoka stand in solidarity with Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta and the ensuing faculty resignations. Please find the form to show your solidarity.
https://t.co/jWhKwCZjhI
#NotMyAshoka #AshokaWithPBM #AshokaforAcademicFreedom

[Milan Vaishnav @MilanV]

I personally don’t know of a student of Indian politics in my generation who has not been touched—directly or indirectly—by @pbmehta’s intelligence, humanity, mentorship, and fundamental goodness. Others may choose overlook these traits. But we will continue to treasure them.

[suhas palshikar @PalshikarSuhas]

So we may point fingers at those who matter in the Ashoka episode but the larger rot resides more generally among ourselves as a society. We only want good shops selling branded degrees ; we just don't want centres of intellectual activity. (7/7)

[suhas palshikar @PalshikarSuhas]

With one more reported resignation by a faculty member from Ashoka, serious cracks begin to appear in the dream of combining excellence and academic freedom. (1/7)

[🌈🏳️‍🌈 @manwhateven]

@ ashoka dis u?

#NotMyAshoka #AshokaWithPBM #AshokaforAcademicFreedom

[arundhati @ArundhatiBala]

How is it okay to trade faculty for land? #AshokaforAcademicFreedom
#notmyashoka #ashokawithpbm

[arundhati @ArundhatiBala]

Get @arvindsubraman and @pbmehta back, @AshokaUniv. We're lucky to have them.
#NotMyAshoka #AshokaWithPBM #AshokaforAcademicFreedom

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

This is an attack on Ashoka’s academic freedom and integrity. #AshokaforAcademicFreedom #AshokaWithPBM #NotMyAshoka

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

@AshokaUniv Re-offer positions to Prof. PBM and Prof. Subramanium immediately. These are NOT the values of a space that calls itself a university. #NotMyAshoka #AshokaforAcademicFreedom #AshokaWithPBM

[Akila Ranganathan @Akila_Rang]

This is not the university I joined four years ago. #NotMyAshoka #AshokaWithPBM #AshokaforAcademicFreedom