New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh on Thursday stepped up his criticism of the Narendra Modi government over the reported absence of regular, full-time heads at several leading higher education institutions, describing the situation as "unacceptable" and alleging that India's higher education system was "paying the price for being Modified."In a statement, Ramesh said 37 of the 155 Institutions of National Importance did not have a regular, full-time head.
He also pointed to vacancies or extended tenures in several categories of premier institutions, including Central Universities, Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Nationa...