NEP 2020: Manufacturing Consent and Mediocrity in Indian Higher Education

Abstract

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 arrived as a Trojan horse in Indian higher education—a document cloaked in promises of inclusivity and modernization but fundamentally designed to dismantle critical education, especially in the humanities and social sciences. For those of us in the trenches of academia, it is not just a policy; it is a manifesto of authoritarian control, corporate alignment, and ideological homogenization.