UGC

As Dean at Galgotias University, Kisana authored essays on weddings, dating, humour and MBA culture, repeatedly attributing structural and psychological flaws to Savarnas while framing opposition to UGC regulations as reactionary backlash.

As seen in the viral videos of the Friday incident, among the girls who surrounded and grabbed Ruchi Tiwari inside the Delhi University, was Gurkirat Kaur, the president of the radical left student group Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch (bsCEM).

HDFC Bank employee Aastha Singh has clarified that a viral video of her invoking her caste was a reaction to harassment by a colleague’s relative. She alleges the clip was selectively edited and has since faced severe online threats and rape threats.

Disha Wadekar is also a fan of urban naxal GN Saibaba, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Gadchiroli sessions court in 2017 for waging war against India for his Maoist links and involvement in anti-national activities. He was convicted under sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the UAPA. G N Saibaba was first arrested in May 2014 on charges of being a member of the banned CPI-Maoists, plus providing logistics and carrying out recruitment for them.

The 2012 regulations did not limit the definition of discrimination to select caste groups only. However, the 2026 UGC guidelines explicitly left out General Category students. 'Caste-based discrimination' in the new regulation was defined as discrimination only on the basis of caste or tribe against the members of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and other backward classes.

Soon after filing the petition, Dewan spoke to OpIndia, explaining his concerns and the motivation behind moving the Supreme Court.

A headline-grabbing 118.4% rise, when stripped of institutional scale and context, turns limited data into a manufactured crisis to justify regulatory overreach.

Unhappy with the 2025 regulations, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising proposed ten core reforms in the regulations, which made way into the final draft.