For 50th episode of संवाद series, we visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to talk to students and understand their idea of JNU, their views on various issues and the work they are doing.

0:00 Introduction

6:13 From Bihar to JNU

11:21 JNU - A place in decline?

16:27 The JNU Experience - Being a women

27:33 Discovering a conspiracy theory

29:36 American Studies at JNU

43:37 UPSC culture at JNU

45:49 The idea of JNU

56:10 How did JNU respond to its image problem

1:01:10 Change and continuity at JNU - A Baba view

1:06:47 The intellectual decline in Indian universities

1:08:16 The social science problem in India

1:12:42 Role of social sciences in India 

1:14:54 The infamous 2016 incidents at JNU 

1:18:19 'Kanhaiya Kumar effect' in JNU politics 

1:20:31 Why some JNU leaders love jails so much 

1:31:35 Seeding intellectual spaces in JNU 

1:34:42 - Scientists at JNU: A Professor's perspective 

1:46:10 - Scientists at JNU: Research Scholars speak

2:09:52 - Conclusions